Psalms 81:13
If, my people, were hearkening unto me, [If,] Israel, in my ways, would walk,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
In Context
14Right soon, their foes, would I subdue, And, against their adversaries, would I turn my hand:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:12Now, therefore, O Israel, what is, Yahweh thy God, asking of thee,—but to revere Yahweh thy God to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:
Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled.
Jeremiah 7:24Yet they hearkened not Neither inclined their ear, But walked, In the counsels—In the stubbornness of their own wicked heart; And went backward, and not forward.
Luke 19:41And, when he drew near, beholding the city, he wept over it, saying—
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 →