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11 But my people did not obey me;[a]
Israel did not submit to me.[b]
12 I gave them over to their stubborn desires;[c]
they did what seemed right to them.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 81:11 tn Heb “did not listen to my voice.”
  2. Psalm 81:11 tn The Hebrew expression אָבָה לִי (ʾavah li) means “submit to me” (see Deut 13:8).
  3. Psalm 81:12 tn Heb “and I sent him away in the stubbornness of their heart.”
  4. Psalm 81:12 tn Heb “they walked in their counsel.” The prefixed verbal form is either preterite (“walked”) or a customary imperfect (“were walking”).