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Psalm 81:8 KJV
Psalms · chapter 81 · verse 8
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;Psalm 81:8 · King James Version
Psalm 81:8 in context
6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
10I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- testifyʻûwdto duplicate or repeatH5749 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- Hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
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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