Psalms 81:8 · KJV
“Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;”
— Psalms 81:8
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. {Meribah: or, Strife}
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Psalms 81 — Context
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. {were...: Heb. passed away}
7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. {Meribah: or, Strife}
8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
10I {am} the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Cross References
Psalms 50:7
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I {am} God, {even} thy God.
Exodus 15:26
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I {am} the LORD that healeth thee.
John 3:11
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
Isaiah 1:19
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
1 John 5:9
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
John 3:32-33
And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
Isaiah 55:3-4
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, {even} the sure mercies of David.
Psalms 81:13
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, {and} Israel had walked in my ways!