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Psalm 81:13 KJV
Psalms · chapter 81 · verse 13
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!Psalm 81:13 · King James Version
Psalm 81:13 in context
11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
15The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
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Key words (Strong's)
- hearkenedshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- walkedhâlakto walkH1980 →
- Ohlûwʼa conditional particleH3863 →
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God, by the psalmist, here speaks to Israel, and in them to us, on whom the ends of the world are come. I. He demands their diligent and serious attention to what he was about to say (Psa 81:8): "Hear, O my people! and who should hear me if my people will not? I have heard and answered thee;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-16