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Psalm 81:9-11
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 81:9-11
New Catholic Bible
9 “ ‘Listen to me, O my people, while I warn you.
O Israel, if only you would listen to me!
10 You must not accept a foreign god in your presence;
you must not bow down to an alien deity.
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.’
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).
