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?
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Psalms 81:13
Psalms 81:13
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Psalms 81 — OverviewPsalms 81 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis psalm was penned, as is supposed, not upon occasion of any
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either that of the new-moon in general or that of the feast of trumpets
on…Psalms 81 — OverviewPsalms 81 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 81:1, An exhortation to a solemn praising of God; Psalms 81:4, God challenges that duty by reason of his benefits; Psalms 81:8, God, exhorting to obedience, complains of their disobedience, which proves their own…Psalms 81 — OverviewPsalms 81 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleTo the chief Musician upon Gittith, A [Psalm] of Asaph. Of "gittith", See Gill on "Ps 8:1". The Targum renders it,"upon the harp which came from Gath;''and so Jarchi says it was a musical instrument that came from Gath.…Psalms 81:8-16Psalms 81:8-16 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleGod, by the psalmist, here speaks to Israel, and in them to us, on whom
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I. He demands their diligent and serious attention to what he was about
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