Psalms 81:8
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
KJV
Surge, Deus, judica terram, quoniam tu hæreditabis in omnibus gentibus.
Vulgate
ἀνάστα, ὁ θεός, κρῖνον τὴν γῆν· ὅτι σὺ κατακληρονομήσεις ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.
LXX
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
ASV
בַּ/צָּרָ֥ה קָרָ֗אתָ וָ/אֲחַ֫לְּצֶ֥/ךָּ אֶ֭עֶנְ/ךָ בְּ/סֵ֣תֶר רַ֑עַם אֶבְחָֽנְ/ךָ֨ עַל מֵ֖י מְרִיבָ֣ה סֶֽלָה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
מְרִיבָֽה
mrybh
proper_noun · 6×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
נִי
ny
verb · 29×
נִי
ny
verb · 44×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
סֵ֣תֶר
str
noun · 36×
סֶֽלָה
slh
particle · 71×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צָרָֽה
tsrh
noun · 72×
רַ֥עַם
r'm
noun · 6×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Faith is indeed great and brings salvation, and without it, it is not possible ever to be saved. It suffices not however of itself to accomplish this, but there is need of a right conversation also. So that on this account Paul also exhorts those who had already been counted worthy of the mysteries; saying, Let us labor to enter into that rest. Let us labor (he says), Faith …
Cross-references
- 1John 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.
- Acts 20:21 — Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Deut 5:27 — Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
- Deut 32:46 — And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
- Exod 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 n
- Isa 1:19 — If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
- Isa 46:3 — Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
- Isa 55:3 — 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.
- 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.
- John 3:32 — And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
- Mal 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
- Matt 23:37 — O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
- Ps 50:7 — Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
- Ps 50:7 — Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
- Ps 81:13 — Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
- Zech 7:13 — Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts: