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Psalms 81:9 — King James Version← Study notes

There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.


Psalms 81:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 81:98 words
HebrewMeaning
שְׁמַ֣עšəmaʿ
listenverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
עַ֭מִּ/יʿamiy
O people mynounH5971
men · nation · people
וְ/אָעִ֣ידָהwəʾāʿiydāh
so let me warnconjH5749
charge · earnestly · lift up · protest ···
בָּ֑/ךְbākə
pron
יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗לyiśərāʾēl
O IsraelnounH3478
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
תִּֽשְׁמַֽעtišəmaʿ
you will listenverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
לִֽ/יliy
pron
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 81:9

1. For a Title this Psalm has, “Unto the end for the presses, on the fifth of the Sabbath, a Psalm to Asaph himself.” Into one title many mysteries are heaped together, still so that the lintel of the Psalm indicates the things within. As we have to speak of the presses, let no one expect that we shall speak of a vat, of a press, of olive baskets; because neither the Psalm has this, and therefore it indicates the greater mystery.... No such thing did ye hear in this when it…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 81 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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