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9There shall no strange{H8801)} god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship{H8691)} any strange god.

Psalms 81:9

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.

  • So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.

  • Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;

  • For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth,(as there be gods many, and lords many,) …

  • Thou shalt have no other gods before me. …

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 certaint…

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