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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
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- Primary Witness Text: Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. 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. Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 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. The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied the...
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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
Psalm 22 stands as the supreme individual lament-to-praise psalm, with its opening cry quoted by Jesus from the cross and its crucifixion details — composed 1000 years before Rome invented crucifixion — as among the most powerful predictive prophecy evidence in Scripture.
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Psalms 81:1
Hebrew
לַמְנַצֵּחַ ׀ עַֽל־הַגִּתִּית לְאָסָֽף׃lamenatzecha- -'al-hagitiyt-le'asaf
KJV: Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
AKJV: Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
ASV: Sing aloud unto God our strength:
YLT: To the Overseer. --`On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.
Exposition: Psalms 81:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 81:2
Hebrew
הַרְנִינוּ לֵאלֹהִים עוּזֵּנוּ הָרִיעוּ לֵאלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹֽב׃hareniynv-le'lohiym-'vzenv-hariy'v-le'lohey-ya'aqov
KJV: Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
AKJV: Take a psalm, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
ASV: Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel,
YLT: Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 81:2Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 81:2
Psalms 81:2 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 81:2
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Exposition: Psalms 81:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 81:3
Hebrew
שְֽׂאוּ־זִמְרָה וּתְנוּ־תֹף כִּנּוֹר נָעִים עִם־נָֽבֶל׃she'v-zimerah-vtenv-tof-khinvor-na'iym-'im-navel
KJV: Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
AKJV: Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
ASV: Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
YLT: Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 81:3Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 81:3
Psalms 81:3 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 81:3
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Exposition: Psalms 81:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 81:4
Hebrew
תִּקְעוּ בַחֹדֶשׁ שׁוֹפָר בַּכֵּסֶה לְיוֹם חַגֵּֽנוּ׃tiqe'v-vachodesh-shvofar-vakheseh-leyvom-chagenv
KJV: For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
AKJV: For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
ASV: For it is a statute for Israel,
YLT: For a statute to Israel it is , An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 81:4Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 81:4
Psalms 81:4 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 81:4
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- Psalms 81:4
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- Israel
- Jacob
Exposition: Psalms 81:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 81:5
Hebrew
כִּי חֹק לְיִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא מִשְׁפָּט לֵאלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹֽב׃khiy-choq-leyishera'el-hv'-mishefat-le'lohey-ya'aqov
KJV: This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
AKJV: This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
ASV: He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony,
YLT: A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known--I hear.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 81:5Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 81:5
Psalms 81:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 81:5
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- Psalms 81:5
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- Egypt
Exposition: Psalms 81:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 81:6
Hebrew
עֵדוּת ׀ בִּֽיהוֹסֵף שָׂמוֹ בְּצֵאתוֹ עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם שְׂפַת לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי אֶשְׁמָֽע׃'edvt- -viyhvosef-shamvo-vetze'tvo-'al-'eretz-mitzerayim-shefat-lo'-yada'etiy-'eshema'
KJV: I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
AKJV: I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
ASV: I removed his shoulder from the burden:
YLT: From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 81:6Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 81:6
Psalms 81:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 81:6
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Exposition: Psalms 81:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 81:7
Hebrew
הֲסִירוֹתִי מִסֵּבֶל שִׁכְמוֹ כַּפָּיו מִדּוּד תַּעֲבֹֽרְנָה׃hasiyrvotiy-misevel-shikhemvo-khafayv-midvd-ta'avorenah
KJV: 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.
AKJV: You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder: I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
ASV: Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee;
YLT: In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 81:7Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 81:7
Psalms 81:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 81:7
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- Psalms 81:7
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Meribah
- Selah
Exposition: Psalms 81:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 81:8
Hebrew
בַּצָּרָה קָרָאתָ וָאֲחַלְּצֶךָּ אֶעֶנְךָ בְּסֵתֶר רַעַם אֶבְחָֽנְךָ עַל־מֵי מְרִיבָה סֶֽלָה׃vatzarah-qara'ta-va'achaletzekha-'e'enekha-veseter-ra'am-'evechanekha-'al-mey-meriyvah-selah
KJV: Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
AKJV: Hear, O my people, and I will testify to you: O Israel, if you will listen to me;
ASV: Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee:
YLT: Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 81:8Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 81:8
Psalms 81:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 81:8
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- Hear
- Israel
Exposition: Psalms 81:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 81:9
Hebrew
שְׁמַע עַמִּי וְאָעִידָה בָּךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל אִם־תִּֽשְׁמַֽע־לִֽי׃shema'-'amiy-ve'a'iydah-vakhe-yishera'el-'im-tishema'-liy
KJV: There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
AKJV: There shall no strange god be in you; neither shall you worship any strange god.
ASV: There shall no strange god be in thee;
YLT: There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.
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Psalms 81:9
Psalms 81:9 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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- Psalms 81:9
Exposition: Psalms 81:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 81:10
Hebrew
לֹֽא־יִהְיֶה בְךָ אֵל זָר וְלֹא תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לְאֵל נֵכָֽר׃lo'-yiheyeh-vekha-'el-zar-velo'-tishetachaveh-le'el-nekhar
KJV: I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
AKJV: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
ASV: I am Jehovah thy God,
YLT: I am Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it.
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Psalms 81:10
Psalms 81:10 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 81:10
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- Psalms 81:10
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Egypt
Exposition: Psalms 81:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 81:11
Hebrew
אָנֹכִי ׀ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הַֽמַּעַלְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם הַרְחֶב־פִּיךָ וַאֲמַלְאֵֽהוּ׃'anokhiy- -yehvah-'eloheykha-hama'alekha-me'eretz-mitzerayim-harechev-fiykha-va'amale'ehv
KJV: But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
AKJV: But my people would not listen to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
ASV: But my people hearkened not to my voice;
YLT: But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 81:11Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 81:11
Psalms 81:11 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 81:11
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- Psalms 81:11
Exposition: Psalms 81:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 81:12
Hebrew
וְלֹא־שָׁמַע עַמִּי לְקוֹלִי וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא־אָבָה לִֽי׃velo'-shama'-'amiy-leqvoliy-veyishera'el-lo'-'avah-liy
KJV: So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
AKJV: So I gave them up to their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
ASV: So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart,
YLT: And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 81:12Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 81:12
Psalms 81:12 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 81:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 81:13
Hebrew
וָֽאֲשַׁלְּחֵהוּ בִּשְׁרִירוּת לִבָּם יֵלְכוּ בְּֽמוֹעֲצוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃va'ashalechehv-visheriyrvt-livam-yelekhv-vemvo'atzvoteyhem
KJV: Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
AKJV: Oh that my people had listened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
ASV: Oh that my people would hearken unto me,
YLT: O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 81:13Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 81:13
Psalms 81:13 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 81:13
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- Psalms 81:13
Exposition: Psalms 81:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 81:14
Hebrew
לוּ עַמִּי שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּדְרָכַי יְהַלֵּֽכוּ׃lv-'amiy-shome'a-liy-yishera'el-viderakhay-yehalekhv
KJV: I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
AKJV: I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
ASV: I would soon subdue their enemies,
YLT: As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 81:14Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 81:14
Psalms 81:14 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 81:14
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- Psalms 81:14
Exposition: Psalms 81:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 81:15
Hebrew
כִּמְעַט אוֹיְבֵיהֶם אַכְנִיעַ וְעַל צָרֵיהֶם אָשִׁיב יָדִֽי׃khime'at-'voyeveyhem-'akheniy'a-ve'al-tzareyhem-'ashiyv-yadiy
KJV: The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
AKJV: The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves to him: but their time should have endured for ever.
ASV: The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him:
YLT: Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is--to the age.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 81:15Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 81:15
Psalms 81:15 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Psalms 81:15
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- Psalms 81:15
Exposition: Psalms 81:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 81:16
Hebrew
מְשַׂנְאֵי יְהוָה יְכַֽחֲשׁוּ־לוֹ וִיהִי עִתָּם לְעוֹלָֽם׃meshane'ey-yehvah-yekhachashv-lvo-viyhiy-'itam-le'volam
KJV: He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
AKJV: He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied you.
ASV: He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat;
YLT: He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And with honey from a rock I satisfy thee!
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 81:16Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Psalms 81:16
Psalms 81:16 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Psalms 81:16
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- Psalms 81:16
Exposition: Psalms 81:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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Canonical references surfaced in commentary
- Psalms 81:1
- Psalms 81:2
- Psalms 81:3
- Psalms 81:4
- Psalms 81:5
- Psalms 81:6
- Psalms 81:7
- Psalms 81:8
- Psalms 81:9
- Psalms 81:10
- Psalms 81:11
- Psalms 81:12
- Psalms 81:13
- Psalms 81:14
- Psalms 81:15
- Psalms 81:16
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Jacob
- Israel
- Egypt
- Meribah
- Selah
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Psalms 81:1
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