# Psalms 81.12 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 10. I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11. But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me. > > **12. So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.** > > 13. Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways! 14. I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries. (Psalms 81:10-14, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 10. I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11. But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me. > > **12. So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.** > > 13. Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! 14. I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries. (Psalms 81:10-14, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 10. I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11. But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. > > **12. So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. unto: or, to the hardness of their hearts, or, imagination** > > 13. Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! 14. I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. (Psalms 81:10-14, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 10. I [am] Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it. 11. But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me. > > **12. And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.** > > 13. O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk. 14. As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand, (Psalms 81:10-14, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet. ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Human Sacrifice in the Old Testament](/codex/human-sacrifice-in-the-old-testament/) - [Molech](/codex/molech/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.