Psalms 81:11
“But my people did not listen to my voice, Israel would have none of me.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
In Context
10I am the Lord your God who brought you up out of Egypt. Open your mouth, that I fill it.
12So to their own hard hearts I left them, to follow their own devices.
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 →