Psalms 81:9
(81-10) There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
In Context
8(81-9) Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!
Cross References
Exodus 20:3Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.
Deuteronomy 32:12The LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with Him.
Psalms 44:20(44-21) If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
Isaiah 28:23Give ye ear, and hear my voice; attend, and hear my speech.
Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel! for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:9-16
Expostulation with Israel. 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. 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. 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. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened… Read the whole commentary →