Salmi 81:11-16

11 Ma il mio popolo non ha ascoltato la mia voce, e Israele non mi ha ubbidito.

12 Ond’io li abbandonai alla durezza del cuor loro, perché camminassero secondo i loro consigli.

13 Oh se il mio popolo volesse ascoltarmi, se Israele volesse camminar nelle mie vie!

14 Tosto farei piegare i loro nemici, e rivolgerei la mia mano contro i loro avversari.

15 Quelli che odiano l’Eterno dovrebbero sottomettersi a lui, ma la loro durata sarebbe in perpetuo.

16 Io li nutrirei del fior di frumento, e li sazierei di miele stillante dalla roccia.

Salmi 81:11-16 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A [Psalm] of Asaph. Of "gittith," See Gill on "Ps 8:1." The Targum renders it, "upon the harp which came from Gath;" and so Jarchi says it was a musical instrument that came from Gath. The Septuagint, and the versions which follow that, render it, "for the winepresses." This psalm, according to Kimchi, is said concerning the going out of the children of Israel from Egypt; and was composed in order to be sung at their new moons and solemn feasts, which were typical of Gospel things in Gospel times; see Colossians 2:16 and so the Syriac version, "a psalm of Asaph, when David by him prepared himself for the solemnities."