Verse 8
Psalms 81:8
American Standard Version
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Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
Original Language Text
hebrew
בַּ/צָּרָ֥ה קָרָ֗אתָ וָ/אֲחַ֫לְּצֶ֥/ךָּ אֶ֭עֶנְ/ךָ בְּ/סֵ֣תֶר רַ֑עַם אֶבְחָֽנְ/ךָ֨ עַל מֵ֖י מְרִיבָ֣ה סֶֽלָה
English Translation
In trouble, you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 81 Context
1
Sing aloud unto God (Elohim) our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God (Elohim) of Jacob.
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2
Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
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3
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.
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4
For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God (Elohim) of Jacob.
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5
He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, [Where] I heard...
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6
I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.
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7
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I pr...
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8
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
9
There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
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10
I am Jehovah thy God (Elohim), Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, an...
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11
But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.
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12
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.
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13
Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
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14
I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
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15
The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.
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16
He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy...
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