Psalm 81:11

11 »Pero mi pueblo no me escuchó;Israel no quiso hacerme caso.

Psalm 81:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 81:11

But my people would not hearken to my voice
Neither as exhorting them to the above duties, nor as promising the above favours; would neither hearken to the voice of the law, nor to the voice of the Gospel; but were like the deaf adder, which stops its ear to the voice of the charmer, charming never so wisely:

and Israel would none of me;
would not attend to his word, acquiesce in his will, nor delight themselves in him, and in his worship and service; would have none of his salutary doctrines, or wholesome reproofs, nor of his laws and government; would not have him to reign over them, nor to be their Saviour, though the only one, and there is none beside him; though the chiefest good, and from whom all good things come, and is the portion and exceeding great reward of his people: see ( Proverbs 1:25 Proverbs 1:30 ) .

Psalm 81:11 In-Context

9 No tendrás ningún dios extranjero,ni te inclinarás ante ningún dios extraño.

10 Yo soy el SEÑOR tu Dios,que te sacó de la tierra de Egipto.Abre bien la boca, y te la llenaré.

11 »Pero mi pueblo no me escuchó;Israel no quiso hacerme caso.

12 Por eso los abandoné a su obstinada voluntad,para que actuaran como mejor les pareciera.

13 »Si mi pueblo tan solo me escuchara,si Israel quisiera andar por mis caminos,