Psalms 81:8
Heare, O my people, and I wil protest vnto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken vnto me,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
In Context
9Let there bee no strange god in thee, neither worship thou any strange god.
Cross References
Exodus 17:7And he called the name of the place, Massah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among vs, or no?
Numbers 20:13This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel stroue with the Lord, and hee was sanctified in them.
Deuteronomy 32:46Then hee said vnto them, Set your heartes vnto all the wordes which I testifie against you this day, that ye may commande them vnto your children, that they may obserue and doo all the wordes of this Lawe.
Psalms 81:13Oh that my people had hearkened vnto me, and Israel had walked in my wayes.
Isaiah 55:3Encline your eares, and come vnto me: heare, and your soule shall liue, and I will make an euerlasting couenant with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid.
John 3:32And what hee hath seene and heard, that he testifieth: but no man receiueth his testimonie.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:2-8
An Invitation to Praise. 1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. 6 I removed his shoulder from the… Read the whole commentary →