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Psalm 81:11-13
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 81:11-13
New Catholic Bible
11 I am the Lord, your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt;
open your mouth[a] wide so that I may fill it.’
12 “But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel refused to obey me.[b]
13 So I abandoned them to their stubborn hearts[c]
and let them follow their own devices.
Footnotes
- Psalm 81:11 The Lord challenges Israel to obey the first commandment of fidelity to God after the proclamation of the Exodus (see Ps 78:23-29; Deut 11:13-15; 28:1-4). Open your mouth wide: i.e., trust in the Lord alone for every need. So that I may fill it: as he did in the wilderness (see v. 17; Ps 78:23-29; see also Ps 37:3-4; Deut 11:13-15; 28:1-4).
- Psalm 81:12 Instead of remaining loyal to the Lord out of gratitude for their redemption and his promise of the future, the people continued to rebel against him—a characteristic typical of their history beginning with the generation in the wilderness (see Pss 78; 95; 106).
- Psalm 81:13 God gives the people over to their sins (see Ps 78:29; Isa 6:9f; 29:10; 63:17; see also Rom 1:24, 26, 28) because of their stubborn hearts; but he always reserves the right to “circumcise” their hearts and bring them back to him (see Deut 30:6; 1 Ki 8:58; Jer 31:33; Ezek 11:19; 36:26). Hearts: see note on Ps 4:8.
