Psalms 81:9
There shall not be, within thee, a foreign GOD,—Neither shalt thou bow down to a strange GOD:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
In Context
8Hear, O my people, and I will adjure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me!
Cross References
Exodus 20:3Thou shalt not have other gods besides me.
Deuteronomy 32:12Yahweh alone did lead him,—And there was with him no GOD of a stranger.
Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the Name of our God, And had spread forth our hands unto the GOD of the foreigner,
Isaiah 28:23Give ear, and hear ye my voice,—Hearken, and hear ye my speech:—
Hosea 4:1Hear the word of Yahweh, ye sons of Israel,—that, a controversy, hath Yahweh with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no faithfulness, nor lovingkindness, nor knowledge of God, in the land:
1 Corinthians 8:5For, if indeed there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or upon earth,—as indeed there are gods many and lords many,
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 →