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Psalms 81:13
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11 “But My people would not heed My voice,
And Israel would have anone of Me. 
12 aSo I gave them over to1 their own stubborn heart,
To walk in their own counsels. 
13 “Oh,a that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways! 
14 I would soon subdue their enemies,
And turn My hand against their adversaries.
15 aThe haters of the Lord would pretend submission to Him,
But their1 fate would endure forever. 
16 He would ahave fed them also with the finest of wheat;
And with honey bfrom the rock I would have satisfied you.” 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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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.

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d Lo ammi shomea li

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d Yishrael bidrachi yehallechu !

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d He who can give the proper guttural pronunciation to the letter ain ; and gives the vau , and the yod , their full Asiatic sound, not pinching them to death by a compressed and worthless European enunciation; will at once be convinced of the propriety of this remark.


 
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