Psalms 81:13
“O that my people had hearkened to me! That Israel had walked in my ways!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
In Context
12So I gave them up to the obstinacy of their hearts, And they walked according to their own devices.
14Soon would I have brought low their enemies, And turned my hand against their adversaries.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own devices;
Jeremiah 7:24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, But walked in the devices and obstinacy of their evil heart, Turning their backs and not their faces toward me.
Luke 19:41And when he came near, as he beheld the city, he wept over it,
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 →