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10 There shall be no foreign god among you;[a](A)
    you shall not bow down to an alien god.
11 ‘I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
    Open wide your mouth that I may fill it.’

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Footnotes

  1. 81:10 There shall be no foreign god among you: as in Ps 50 and 95, Israel is challenged to obey the first commandment of fidelity to God after the proclamation of the exodus.

12 But my people did not listen to my words;
    Israel would not submit to me.
13 So I thrust them away to the hardness of their heart;
    ‘Let them walk in their own machinations.’(A)

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14 O that my people would listen to me,
    that Israel would walk in my ways,(A)
15 In a moment I would humble their foes,
    and turn back my hand against their oppressors.(B)

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