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There must be[a] no other[b] god among you.
You must not worship a foreign god.
10 I am the Lord, your God,
the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.’
11 But my people did not obey me;[c]
Israel did not submit to me.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 81:9 tn The imperfect verbal forms in v. 9 have a modal function, expressing what is obligatory.
  2. Psalm 81:9 tn Heb “different”; “illicit.”
  3. Psalm 81:11 tn Heb “did not listen to my voice.”
  4. Psalm 81:11 tn The Hebrew expression אָבָה לִי (ʾavah li) means “submit to me” (see Deut 13:8).

You shall have no foreign god(A) among you;
    you shall not worship any god other than me.
10 I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up out of Egypt.(B)
Open(C) wide your mouth and I will fill(D) it.

11 “But my people would not listen to me;
    Israel would not submit to me.(E)

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