Psalms 81:12

So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
up	וָֽ֭אֲשַׁלְּחֵהוּ Va.'a.sha.le.che.hu	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
hearts’	לִבָּ֑ם li.Bam	H3820	the heart · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
lust	בִּשְׁרִיר֣וּת bish.ri.Rut	H8307	obstinacy · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
walked	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
counsels	בְּֽמוֹעֲצוֹתֵיהֶֽם Be.mo.'a.tzo.tei.Hem	H4156	a purpose · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, an…
Romans 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Isaiah 30:1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that…
Acts 7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye…
2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Acts 14:16 Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Romans 1:26-27 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Jeremiah 44:16-17 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:8–end

God, by the psalmist, here speaks to Israel, and in them to us, on whom the ends of the world are come. I. He demands their diligent and serious attention to what he was about to say (Psa 81:8): "Hear, O my people! and who should hear me if my people will not? I have heard and answered thee; now wilt thou hear me? Hear what is said with the greatest solemnity and the most unquestionable certainty, for it is what I will testify unto thee. Do not only give me the hearing, but hearken unto me, that is, be advised by me, be ruled by me." Nothing could be more reasonably nor more justly expected, and yet God puts an if upon it: "If thou wilt hearken unto me. It is thy interest to do so, and yet i…

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John Gill on Psalms 81:12

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust,.... Sometimes God gave them up, when they sinned, into the hands of the Moabites, or Ammonites, or Philistines, or other neighbouring nations, for their chastisement; but to be delivered up unto their own hearts' lust is worse than that; nay, than to be delivered to Satan: salvation may be the consequence of that, but damnation of this; and yet it is a righteous judgment; for as men like not to retain God in their knowledge, it is but just with him to give them up to vile affections, to a reprobate mind, to do things not convenient, Romans 1:24 there is nothing men are more desirous of than to have their hearts' lusts; and there is no greater ju…

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John Calvin on Psalms 81:8-12

Psalm 81:8-12 8. Hear, O my people! and I will protest to thee: [412] O Israel! if thou wilt hearken to me. 9. Let there be no strange god in thee: neither worship thou a strange god. 10. I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee 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. And I gave them up to the thoughts [413] of their own heart: they shall walk in their own counsels. 8 Hear, O my people! The more effectually to touch the hearts of the people, God is here invested with the character of a teacher, and introduced as speaking familiarly in the midst of the congregation; and this is done for the…

The Church Fathers

And I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall go on in their own devices. Unhappy is he who is not corrected by God. If anyone sinning is not struck, he is wretched. Therefore he says: I let them go according to the desires of their heart. For this reason I let them go, because I often struck them and they did not accept discipline. I entreated, they did not hear; I struck, they did not feel the pain. I let them go in their own wishes, so that, sated with their vices, they might even so do their repentance.
— Jerome, Homily 13, on Psalm 80

"And I let them go according to the affections of their heart" (ver. 12). Behold the press: the orifices are open, the lees run. "And I let them go," not according to the healthfulness of My commands; but, according to the affections of their heart: I gave them up to themselves. The Apostle also saith, "God gave them up to the desires of their own hearts." "I let them go according to the affection of their heart, they shall go in their own affections." There is what ye shudder at, if at least ye are straining out into the hidden vats of the Lord, if at least ye have conceived a hearty love for His storehouses, there is what ye shudder at. Some stand up for the circus, some for the amphitheatre, some for the booths in the streets some for the theatres, some for this, some for that, some finally for their "new gods;" "they shall go in their own affections."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 81

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Dictionary and topics

Gittith — A stringed instrument of music. This word is found in the titles of Ps. 8, 81, 84. In these places the LXX. render the word by “on the wine-fats.” The Targum explains by “on the harp which David…
Impenitence · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Lust · Evil — Evil
Reprobacy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Self-Delusion · Obstinate sinners often given up to — Obstinate sinners often given up to

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 81:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:8–end

John Gill on Psalms 81:12

John Calvin on Psalms 81:8-12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 81:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:8–end

John Gill on Psalms 81:12

John Calvin on Psalms 81:8-12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 81:11–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 81:11-16

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 81:12