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Psalm 81:8-16
New International Version
Psalm 81:8-16
New International Version
8 Hear me, my people,(A) and I will warn you—
if you would only listen to me, Israel!
9 You shall have no foreign god(B) among you;
you shall not worship any god other than me.
10 I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up out of Egypt.(C)
Open(D) wide your mouth and I will fill(E) it.
11 “But my people would not listen to me;
Israel would not submit to me.(F)
12 So I gave them over(G) to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own devices.
13 “If my people would only listen to me,(H)
if Israel would only follow my ways,
14 how quickly I would subdue(I) their enemies
and turn my hand against(J) their foes!
15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe(K) before him,
and their punishment would last forever.
16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;(L)
with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Psalm 81:8-16
King James Version
Psalm 81:8-16
King James Version
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
15 The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
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Psalm 81:8-16
New King James Version
Psalm 81:8-16
New King James Version
8 “Hear,(A) O My people, and I will admonish you!
O Israel, if you will listen to Me!
9 There shall be no (B)foreign god among you;
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
10 (C)I am the Lord your God,
Who brought you out of the land of Egypt;
(D)Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 “But My people would not heed My voice,
And Israel would have (E)none of Me.
12 (F)So I gave them over to [a]their own stubborn heart,
To walk in their own counsels.
13 “Oh,(G) that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!
14 I would soon subdue their enemies,
And turn My hand against their adversaries.
15 (H)The haters of the Lord would pretend submission to Him,
But their [b]fate would endure forever.
16 He would (I)have fed them also with [c]the finest of wheat;
And with honey (J)from the rock I would have satisfied you.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 81:12 the dictates of their heart
- Psalm 81:15 Lit. time
- Psalm 81:16 Lit. fat of wheat
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