Verse 8
Psalms 81:8
King James Version
8
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt 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.
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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
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
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3
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
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4
For this
was a statute for Israel,
and a law of the God (Elohim) of Jacob.
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5
This he ordained in Joseph
for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt:
where I hear...
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6
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
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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 wilt hearken unto me;
9
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
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10
I
am the LORD thy God (Elohim), which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, an...
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11
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
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12
So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust:
and they walked in their own counsels.
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13
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me,
and Israel had walked in my ways!
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14
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
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15
The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured...
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16
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I h...
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