Psalm 81:13–14
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81:13If only my people would obey me!20
If only Israel would keep my commands!21
81:14Then I would quickly subdue their enemies,
and attack22 their adversaries.”
Footnotes
- 20 Heb “if only my people were listening to me.” The Hebrew particle לוּ (lu, “if not”) introduces a purely hypothetical or contrary to fact condition (see 2 Sam 18:12).
- 21 Heb “[and if only] Israel would walk in my ways.”
- 22 Heb “turn my hand against.” The idiom “turn the hand against” has the nuance of “strike with the hand, attack” (see Isa 1:25; Ezek 38:12; Amos 1:8; Zech 13:7).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Oh, that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!
I would soon subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“If my people would only listen to me,
if Israel would only follow my ways,
how quickly I would subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes!
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
If only my people would listen to me
and Israel would follow my ways,
I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.”
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NLTNew Living Translation
Oh, that my people would listen to me!
Oh, that Israel would follow me, walking in my paths!
How quickly I would then subdue their enemies!
How soon my hands would be upon their foes!
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Oh that my people would listen to me;
that Israel would walk in my ways.
I would subdue their enemies quickly,
and turn my hand against their adversaries.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me,
And Israel had walked in my ways!
I should soon have subdued their enemies,
And turned my hand against their adversaries.
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