NET Bible
"I said,‘Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me!"
— Psalms 81:8, NET Bible
“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 unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me! ”
“"Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!”
“Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations. ”
“Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say!”
“Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;”
He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph, when he attacked the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I did not recognize.
It said:“I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket.
In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.(Selah)
I said,‘Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me!
There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.
I am the LORD, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’
But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.