Psalm 81:12-13 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 81:8-16

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, for it is what I will testify unto thee. Do not only give me the hearing, but hearken unto me,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 81:12

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust ,.... Sometimes God gave them up, when they sinned, into the hands of the Moabites, or Ammonites, or Philistines, or other neighbouring nations, for their chastisement; but to be delivered up unto their own hearts' lust is worse than that; nay, than to be delivered to Satan: salvation may be the consequence of that, but damnation of this; and yet it is a righteous judgment; for as men like not to retain God in their knowledge, it is but just with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 81:13

O that my people had hearkened unto me ,.... This might have been expected from them, as they were his professing people; and it would have been to their advantage if they had hearkened to him, as well as it would have been well pleasing to him; for that is what is designed by this wish, which does not express the purposing will of God; for who hath resisted that? if he had so willed, he could have given them ears to hear; but his commanding will, and what is his approving one: to hearken to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:12

Unto their own hearts' lust - To the obstinate wickedness of their heart. In their own counsels - God withdrew his restraining grace, which they had abused; and then they fulfilled the inventions of their wicked hearts. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:13

O that my people had hearkened unto me, - Israel had walked in my ways - Nothing can be more plaintive than the original; sense and sound are surprisingly united. I scruple not to say to him who understands the Hebrew, however learned, he has never found in any poet, Greek or Latin, a finer example of deep-seated grief, unable to express itself in appropriate words without frequent interruptions of sighs and sobs, terminated with a mournful cry. yl (m# ym( wl יהלכו בדרכי ישראי... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:13

Verse 13 13.O if my people had hearkened to me! By the honorable designation which God gives to the people of Israel, He exposes the more effectually their shameful and disgraceful conduct. Their wickedness was doubly aggravated, as will appear from the consideration, that although God called them to be his people, they differed nothing from those who were the greatest strangers to him. Thus he complains by the Prophet Isaiah, “The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 81:1-16

Psalms 81:1-5 appear to be the preface of a song of thanksgiving, intended for public recitation at one of the great public festivals—either the Passover or the Feast of Tabernacles. Psalms 81:6-16 are part of a psalm of complaint, wherein God expostulates with his people. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 81:6-16

The "discourse" is now given. It commences somewhat abruptly, and is, perhaps, itself a fragment, the beginning of which is lost. God reminds Israel of his past favours ( Psalms 81:6 , Psalms 81:7 ), exhorts them to faithfulness ( Psalms 81:8 , Psalms 81:9 ), promises them blessings ( Psalms 81:10 ), complains of their waywardness ( Psalms 81:11 , Psalms 81:12 ), and finally makes a last appeal to them to turn to him, and recover his protection, before it is too late ( Psalms... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 81:11-12

Given up. Note— I. THE CONDITION CONTEMPLATED . It meant: 1 . No longer held back from sin. "Their own hearts' lust" was to lead them now. 2 . No longer urged to goodness. 3 . The Spirit no longer striving with them. 4 . Divine chastisements abandoned. (Cf. Isaiah 1:5 .) See the history of Israel for proof of all this. And it is true still, when a soul is "given up" by God—when even his resources seem exhausted. II. ITS TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES , ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 81:12

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust. God's Spirit will not always strive with men ( Genesis 6:3 ). After a time, if they persist in evil courses and disobedience to his commands, he "gives them up," withdraws from them, leaves them to themselves, to the "lust," or rather "stubbornness" of their own hearts—to their own perverse wills and imaginations. And they walked in their own counsels (comp. Jeremiah 7:24 ). This result is inevitable. If God no longer guides their thoughts... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 81:8-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 81:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 81:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 81:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 81:6-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 81:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 81:12

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