Psalms 81:8-16 in English

⁸ Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

⁹ There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

¹⁰ I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.

¹² So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.

¹³ Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!

¹⁴ I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.

¹⁶ He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.

⁸ Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.

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 unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

¹⁴ I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

¹⁶ He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

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 unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

¹⁴ I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

¹⁶ He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

⁸ Arise, O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations.

⁸ Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest 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 up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people hearkened not to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

¹² So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.

¹³ Oh that my people would hearken unto me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

¹⁴ I should soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of the LORD should submit themselves unto him: but their time should endure for ever.

¹⁶ He should feed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I satisfy thee.

⁸ You who are my people, listen while I warn you! I wish that you Israeli people would pay attention to what I say to you!

⁹ You must not have any idols of other gods among you; you must never bow to worship any of them!

¹⁰ I am Yahweh, your God; It was not any of those other gods who brought you out of Egypt, I am the one who did it! So ask me what you want me to do for you MTY, and I will do it.

¹¹ But my people would not listen to me SYN; they would not obey me.

¹² So even though they were very stubborn, I allowed them to do whatever they wanted to do.

¹³ I wish that my people would listen to me, that the Israeli people would behave as I want them to do.

¹⁴ If they did that, I would quickly defeat their enemies; I would strike/punish all of them DOU.

¹⁵ Then all those who hate me would ◄cringe before/bow down to► me, and then I would punish them MTY forever.

¹⁶ But I would give you Israelis very good wheat/grain, and I would fill your stomachs with wild honey.”

⁸ Arise, O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations.

⁸ “Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!

⁹ There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

¹⁰ I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

¹² So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

¹³ Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

¹⁴ I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

¹⁶ But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”

⁸ “Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!

⁹ There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

¹⁰ I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

¹² So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

¹³ Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

¹⁴ I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

¹⁶ But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”

⁸ “Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!

⁹ There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

¹⁰ I am the LORD, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

¹² So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

¹³ Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

¹⁴ I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

¹⁶ But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”

⁸ Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say!

⁹ There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.

¹⁰ I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food.

¹¹ But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

¹² So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.

¹³ If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!

¹⁴ I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.

¹⁵ The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their destruction would be eternal.

¹⁶ I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.

⁸ Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

⁹ There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

¹⁰ I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.

¹² So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.

¹³ Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways!

¹⁴ I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.

¹⁶ And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.

⁸ Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.

⁸ My people, listen to my warnings! Israel, please listen to me!

⁹ There must not be a strange god among you; you must never bow down to foreign gods and worship them.

¹⁰ I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people didn't listen to me. Israel didn't want anything to do with me.

¹² So I sent them away to follow their stubborn thinking, living as they chose.

¹³ If only my people would listen to me; if only Israel would follow my ways!

¹⁴ It wouldn't take me long to conquer their enemies, to strike down their foes.

¹⁵ Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him, forever doomed.

¹⁶ But I would feed you the best wheat and satisfy you with honey from the rock.”

⁸ Heare, O my people, and I wil protest vnto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken vnto me,

⁹ Let there bee no strange god in thee, neither worship thou any strange god.

¹⁰ For 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 heare my voyce, and Israel would none of me.

¹² So I gaue them vp vnto the hardnesse of their heart, and they haue walked in their owne cousels.

¹³ Oh that my people had hearkened vnto me, and Israel had walked in my wayes.

¹⁴ I would soone haue humbled their enemies, and turned mine hand against their aduersaries.

¹⁵ The haters of the Lord should haue bene subiect vnto him, and their time should haue endured for euer.

¹⁶ And God would haue fedde them with the fatte of wheat, and with honie out of the rocke would I haue sufficed thee.

⁸ (81-9) Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!

⁹ (81-10) There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

¹⁰ (81-11) I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ (81-12) But My people hearkened not to My voice; and Israel would none of Me.

¹² (81-13) So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.

¹³ (81-14) Oh that My people would hearken unto Me, that Israel would walk in My ways!

¹⁴ (81-15) I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ (81-16) The haters of the LORD should dwindle away before Him; and their punishment should endure for ever.

¹⁶ (81-17) They should also be fed with the fat of wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.'

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 heart’s lust: And they walked in their own counsels.

¹³ O that my people had hearkened unto me, And Israel had walked in my ways!

¹⁴ I should soon have subdued their enemies, And turned my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: But their time should have endured for ever.

¹⁶ He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: And with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

⁸ (81:9) Hear, O my people, and I will give warning unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldst but hearken unto me!

⁹ (81:10) There shall not be among thee a foreign God; nor shalt thou bow thyself down to any strange God.

¹⁰ (81:11) I am the Lord thy God, who have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open wide thy mouth, and I will fill it.

¹¹ (81:12) But my people did not hearken to my voice; and Israel was not willing to follow me.

¹² (81:13) So I let them go in the stubbornness of their own hearts: and they walked in their own counsels.

¹³ (81:14) Oh that my people would hearken unto me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

¹⁴ (81:15) In a little while would I subdue their enemies, and against their adversaries would I turn my hand.

¹⁵ (81:16) The haters of the Lord should offer flattery unto him; but their time should endure for ever.

¹⁶ (81:17) And he would feed him with the best of wheat: and out of the rock would I satisfy thee with honey.

⁸ Arise, O God, judge the earth: For thou shalt inherit all nations.

⁸ Hear, O my people! and I will admonish thee! O Israel! that thou wouldst hearken to me!

⁹ Let there be no strange god within thee, Nor worship thou any foreign god!

¹⁰ I Jehovah am thy God, Who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: Open wide thy mouth, and I will fill it!

¹¹ But my people would not listen to my voice, And Israel would not hearken to me.

¹² So I gave them up to the obstinacy of their hearts, And they walked according to their own devices.

¹³ “O that my people had hearkened to me! That Israel had walked in my ways!

¹⁴ Soon would I have brought low their enemies, And turned my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of Jehovah should have become suppliants to them, And their prosperity should have endured for ever.

¹⁶ With the finest of the wheat I would have fed them, And with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied them.”

⁸ “Listen, my people, to my warning, O Israel, if you would but listen!

⁹ There must not be a strange god amongst you, you must bow to no foreign god.

¹⁰ I am the Lord your God who brought you up out of Egypt. Open your mouth, that I fill it.

¹¹ “But my people did not listen to my voice, Israel would have none of me.

¹² So to their own hard hearts I left them, to follow their own devices.

¹³ O that my people would listen, that Israel would walk in my ways.

¹⁴ Soon would I humble their enemies, and turn my hand on their foes.

¹⁵ Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him in everlasting terror.

¹⁶ But you would I feed with the richest wheat, and with honey from the rock to your heart's desire.”

⁸ “Listen, my people, to my warning, O Israel, if you would but listen!

⁹ There must not be a strange god among you, you must bow to no foreign god.

¹⁰ I am the Lord your God who brought you up out of Egypt. Open your mouth, that I fill it.

¹¹ “But my people did not listen to my voice, Israel would have none of me.

¹² So to their own hard hearts I left them, to follow their own devices.

¹³ O that my people would listen, that Israel would walk in my ways.

¹⁴ Soon would I humble their enemies, and turn my hand on their foes.

¹⁵ Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him in everlasting terror.

¹⁶ But you would I feed with the richest wheat, and with honey from the rock to your heart's desire.”

⁸ “Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel God prevails, if you would listen to me!

⁹ There shall be no strange deity in you, neither shall you hawa ·bow low, prostrate· to worship any foreign deity.

¹⁰ I am Adonai , your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt Abode of slavery. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people didn’t sh'ma ·hear obey· my voice. Israel God prevails desired none of me.

¹² So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

¹³ Oh that my people would sh'ma ·hear obey· me, that Israel God prevails would walk in my ways!

¹⁴ I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of Adonai would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

¹⁶ But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”

⁸ Listen, my people, for I will warn you, Israel, if you would only listen to me!

⁹ There must be no foreign god among you; you must not worship any foreign god.

¹⁰ I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people did not listen to my words; Israel did not obey me.

¹² So I gave them over to their own stubborn way so that they might do what seemed right to them.

¹³ Oh, that my people would listen to me; oh, that my people would walk in my paths.

¹⁴ Then I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their oppressors.

¹⁵ May those who hate Yahweh cringe in fear before him! May they be humiliated forever.

¹⁶ I would feed Israel with the finest wheat; I would satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”

⁸ “Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!

⁹ There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

¹⁰ I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

¹² So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

¹³ Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

¹⁴ I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

¹⁶ But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”

⁸ “Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!

⁹ There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

¹⁰ I am the LORD, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

¹² So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

¹³ Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

¹⁴ I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

¹⁶ But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”

⁸ Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee; O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me;

⁹ There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

¹⁰ I am the LORD thy God who 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 not obey me.

¹² So I gave them up to their own hearts lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

¹³ O that my people had hearkened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

¹⁴ I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves to him: and their time should have endured for ever.

¹⁶ He would have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock I should have satisfied thee.

⁸ “Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!

⁹ There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

¹⁰ I am the LORD, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

¹² So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

¹³ Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

¹⁴ I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

¹⁶ But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”

⁸ “Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!

⁹ There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.

¹⁰ I am the LORD, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

¹² So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

¹³ Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

¹⁴ I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

¹⁶ But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”

⁸ My people, hear thou me, and I shall be witness against thee; Israel, if thou hearest me,

⁹ a fresh God shall not be in thee; and thou shalt not worship an alien god.

¹⁰ For I am thy Lord God, that led thee out of the land of Egypt; make large thy mouth, and I shall fill it.

¹¹ And my people heard not my voice; and Israel gave not attention to me.

¹² And I let them go after the desires of their heart; they shall go in their findings.

¹³ If my people had heard me; if Israel had gone in my ways.

¹⁴ For not in hap I had made low their enemies; and I had sent mine hand on men doing tribulation to them.

¹⁵ The enemies of the Lord lied or lay down to him; and their time shall be into worlds.

¹⁶ And he fed them with the fatness of wheat; and he ful filled them with honey of the stone.

⁸ My people, hear thou me, and I shall be witness against thee; Israel, if thou hearest me, (My people, hear thou me, and I shall witness to thee; Israel, if thou wouldest but listen to me,)

⁹ a fresh God shall not be in thee; and thou shalt not worship an alien god. (there shall be no new god for thee; and thou shalt never worship any foreign, or strange, god.)

¹⁰ For I am thy Lord God, that led thee out of the land of Egypt; make large thy mouth, and I shall fill it. (For I am the Lord thy God, who led thee out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I shall fill it.)

¹¹ And my people heard not my voice; and Israel gave not attention to me. (But my people would not listen to my voice; yea, Israel would not give their attention to me.)

¹² And I let go them after the desires of their heart; they shall go in their findings. (So I let them go after the desires of their hearts; and they went forth in their own ways.)

¹³ If my people had heard me; if Israel had gone in my ways. (If my people would but listen to me; if Israel would just follow my ways,)

¹⁴ For not in hap I had made low their enemies; and I had sent mine hand on men doing tribulation to them. (then I would bring down their enemies; and I would send forth my hand against those who give them trouble.)

¹⁵ The enemies of the Lord lied (down) to him; and their time shall be into worlds. (And then the Lord’s enemies would fall down before me; and their punishment would last forever.)

¹⁶ And he fed them with the fatness of wheat; and he ful filled them with honey of the stone. (And I would feed you with the fatness of the wheat; and fulfill you with honey from the rocks, that is, with wild honey.)

⁸ Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:

⁹ There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.

¹⁰ I am Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it.

¹¹ But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.

¹² And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.

¹³ O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.

¹⁴ As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,

¹⁵ Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is — to the age.

¹⁶ He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And with honey from a rock I satisfy thee!