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Selected Verse: Psalms 81:8 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 81:8 |
King James |
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Compare Psa 50:7). The reproof follows to Psa 81:12.
if thou wilt hearken--He then propounds the terms of His covenant: they should worship Him alone, who (Psa 81:10) had delivered them, and would still confer all needed blessings. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee ... - See the notes at the similar passage in Psa 50:7. God calls their attention to what he required of them; to what his law demanded; to what was the condition of their being his people and of securing his favor. What the demanded was, that they should acknowledge him; obey him; serve him; that there should be no strange god among them, and that they should worship no false god, Psa 81:9. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Testify - This God did presently after he brought them from Meribah, even at Sinai. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Hear, O my people - These are nearly the same words with those spoken at the giving of the law, Exo 20:2. |
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.
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.