Text -- Psalms 81:13 (NET)

81:13 If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 81:13

¹ tn Heb “if only my people were listening to me.” The Hebrew particle לוּ (lu, “if not”) introduces a purely hypothetical or contrary to fact condition (see 2 Sam 18:12).

² tn Heb “[and if only] Israel would walk in my ways.”