Psalms Chapter 81 verse 13 Holy Bible
Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
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If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!
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Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways!
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Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
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So I gave them up to their own hearts lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
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Oh that my people would listen to me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
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O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - Oh that my people had hearkened unto me! rather, would hearken unto me! (see Professor Driver's 'Hebrew Tenses,' ยง 145, and compare the Revised Version). And Israel had walked in my ways! rather would walk!
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13, 14) Hearken . . . subdue.--The verbs should be taken in a future sense, "Oh that my people would hearken . . . I should soon subdue," &c. The poet changes from reminiscences of the past to the needs of the present.