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I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I <i>am</i> the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: <i>and</i> they walked in their own counsels.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, <i>and</i> Israel had walked in my ways!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="//www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/80.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 80"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 80" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/82.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 82"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 82" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/psalms/81-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>