Discovery BoxPsalms 81:10-12 
Context81:10 I am the Lord, your God,
the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’
81:11 But my people did not obey me; 1
Israel did not submit to me. 2
81:12 I gave them over to their stubborn desires; 3
they did what seemed right to them. 4
1 tn Heb “did not listen to my voice.”
2 tn The Hebrew expression אָבָה לִי (’avah liy) means “submit to me” (see Deut 13:8).
3 tn Heb “and I sent him away in the stubbornness of their heart.”
4 tn Heb “they walked in their counsel.” The prefixed verbal form is either preterite (“walked”) or a customary imperfect (“were walking”).
