Psalms 81:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

Psalms 81:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.
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:
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 3:32-33
And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 8-16)

God, by the psalmist, here speaks to Israel, and in them to us, on whom the ends of the world are come. I. He demands their diligent and serious attention to what he was about to say (Ps. 81:8): “ Hear, O my people! and who should hear me if my people will not? I have heard and answered thee; now wilt thou hear me? Hear what is said with the greatest solemnity and the most unquestionable certainty…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. (Compare Psa 50:7). The reproof follows to Psa 81:12. if thou wilt hearken--He then propounds the terms of His covenant: they should worship Him alone, who (Psa 81:10) had delivered them, and would still confer all needed blessings.