Psalms 81:11

But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. Israel would none of me - לא אבה לי lo abah li, They willed me not, they would not have me for their God.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But my people ... - See Psalms 78:10-11 , Psalms 78:17-19 . “And Israel would none of me.” Literally, “Did not will me;” that is, “did not incl...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXXI. This Ps. is probably composite. A. Psalms 81:1-4 . A Festal Hymn, specially adapted for the old New Year's Day or Feast of Trumpets (p....
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

would none of Me . had no mind for Me.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. But my people hearkened not to my voice. God now complains, that the Israelites, whom he endeavored gently to allure to him, despised hi...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 638 GOD GIVING UP OBSTINATE TRANSGRESSORS Psalms 81:11-12 . My people would not hearken to my voice, and Israel would none of me: so...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

After a summons to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles ( Psalms 81:1-3 ) this Ps. recalls the meaning of Israel's national festivals as memorials of t...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 81:1-16 THE psalmist summons priests and people to a solemn festival, commemorative of Israel's deliverance from Egypt, and sets forth the...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a psalm for the Feast of Trumpets. In the calendar of the Hebrews this feast prepared the way for the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Taber...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! what saith thy heart to these charges? What saith thy experience to this awful giving up? Oh! Lord! do thou still keep, still preserve, and a...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But my people would not hearken to my voice ,.... Neither as exhorting them to the above duties, nor as promising the above favours; would neither h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. Ver. 11. But my people would not hearken ] Here beginneth the second par...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My people would not hearken to my voice But turned a deaf ear to all I said. “Two things,” says Henry, “the Lord complains of; 1st, Their disobedie...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Expostulation with Israel. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify un...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, did not assent to me, or acquiesce in me , or obey me , or my commands.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the chief Musician upon Gittith .” Gittith is explained in several ways. One interpretation is that it was a mus...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 81:11-12 It cannot be doubted that very often when people get into wrong courses they think they shall be able to stop when they please. An...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm was composed for the festival of tabernacles, when the people celebrated the deliverance from Egypt. It was a statute in Israel on the fir...
The Biblical Illustrator

Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. A revelation of three great subjects I. True worship (verses1-5)...
The Biblical Illustrator

My people would not hearken to My voice, and Israel would none of me: so I gave them up. Danger of presuming on God’s mercy It is matter of pai...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION PROFESSOR CHEYNE regards this psalm as composed of "two distinct lyrical passages," accidentally thrown together (compare his the...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Joyful Salutation and God's Response. To the chief musician upon Gittith, to be sung to the accompaniment of the zitherlike instrument which Dav...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But My people would not hearken to My voice, as events after the giving of the Law showed; and Israel would none of Me, disobedience and self-will...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:15 ; Deuteronomy 32:18 ; Exodus 32:1 ; Hebrews 10:29 ; Jeremiah 2:11-13 ; Jeremiah 7:23 ; Jeremiah 7:24 ; Proverbs 1:30 ; Psa...

¹¹ But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 81:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 81:11