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Psalms 81:8

81:7 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. Meribah: or, Strife
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

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“Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!

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

Hear, O my people, and I will testify to you: O Israel, if you will listen to me;

81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

What does Psalms 81:8 mean?

Psalms 81:8 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ), עַם (ʻam), עוּד (ʻûwd).

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Hear,שָׁמַעshâmaʻ/shaw-mah'/H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
O
my
people,עַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
and
I
will
testifyעוּדʻûwd/ood/H5749to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
unto
thee:
O
Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
if
thou
wilt
hearkenשָׁמַעshâmaʻ/shaw-mah'/H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
unto
me;

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 81:8.

Genesis 23:11

Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

Genesis 23:13

And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

Genesis 34:7

And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

Genesis 49:16

Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

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What does Psalms 81:8 say?

Psalms 81:8 (King James Version) reads: "Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;"

Is Psalms 81:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 81:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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