81:13 If only my people would obey me! 1
If only Israel would keep my commands! 2
1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, 3 God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. 4
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.”
3 tn Grk “and just as they did not approve to have God in knowledge.”
4 tn Grk “the things that are improper.”