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Psalm 81:11–13

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11But my people would not hearken to my voice;

And Israel yywould none of me.

12So I zgave them up ||unto their own hearts’ lust:

And they awalked in their own counsels.

13bOh that my people had hearkened unto me,

And Israel chad walked in my ways!

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Footnotes

  1. zJob 8:4 (Heb.). So Acts 7:42. & 14:16. Rom. 1:24, 26.
  2. ||Or, to the hardness of their hearts, or, imagination. See Deut. 29:19
  3. aJer. 7:24. So Ps. 106:43.
  4. bSee Deut. 5:29.
  5. cActs 14:16. See Deut. 5:33.

Cross references

  1. yyProv. 1:25, 30.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“But my people did not listen to my voice;

Israel would not submit to me.

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,

to follow their own counsels.

Oh, that my people would listen to me,

that Israel would walk in my ways!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“But my people would not listen to me;

Israel would not submit to me.

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts

to follow their own devices.

“If my people would only listen to me,

if Israel would only follow my ways,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“But my people did not listen to my voice;

Israel did not obey me.

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts

to follow their own plans.

If only my people would listen to me

and Israel would follow my ways,

NLTNew Living Translation

“But no, my people wouldn’t listen.

Israel did not want me around.

So I let them follow their own stubborn desires,

living according to their own ideas.

Oh, that my people would listen to me!

Oh, that Israel would follow me, walking in my paths!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But my people did not listen to my voice,

and Israel did not yield to me.

So I let them go in the stubbornness of their heart;

they walked in their counsels.

Oh that my people would listen to me;

that Israel would walk in my ways.