Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
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Gill's Exposition
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee,.... Of himself, his being, and perfections; what he was unto them, had done for them, and would do for them, as in the following verses: or "testify in…
Barnes' Notes
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee ... - See the notes at the similar passage in Psa 50:7. God calls their attention to what he required of them; to what his law demanded; to what was the…
God, by the psalmist, here speaks to Israel, and in them to us, on whom the ends of the world are come.
I. He demands their diligent and serious attention to what he was about to say (Psa 81:8):…
Israel's duty of allegiance to Jehovah alone; the fundamental principle of the covenant. Israel in the wilderness is primarily addressed, but Israel of every age is included.
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