Psalms 81:13
11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
- KJV
- Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
- WEB
- Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
- ASV
- Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
- DARBY
- Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways!
- BLB
- If only My people would listen to Me, Israel would walk in My ways!
- ÅB
- O, at mitt folk ville høre meg, og at Israel ville vandre på mine veier!
- OTB
- Å, om mitt folk ville høre på meg,
Om Israel ville følge mine veier! - B1930
- O, at mitt folk vilde høre mig, og at Israel vilde vandre på mine veier!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 5:29
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Read in contextIsaiah 48:18
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 10:12–13
And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Read in contextLuke 19:41–42
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
Read in contextMatthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
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