I said, ¹  ‘Listen, my people! I will warn ²  you! O Israel, if only you would obey me! ³ 

biblegateway Psa 81:8

"Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

Listen, My people, and I will admonish you. Israel, if you would only listen to Me!

Listen, my people, and I will warn you. Israel, if you would only listen to me!

biblegateway Psa 81:8

"Hear, O my people, and I will warn you—if you would but listen to me, O Israel!

Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me!

bibleoremus Psa 81:8

Hear, O my people, while I admonish you; O Israel, if you would but listen to me!

Listen, my people, while I give you a solemn charge -- O that you would listen to me, Israel:

biblegateway Psa 81:8

"Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you! O Israel, if you will listen to Me!

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

biblegateway Psa 81:8

I said, ¹  ‘Listen, my people! I will warn ²  you! O Israel, if only you would obey me! ³ 

¹ tn The words “I said” are supplied in the translation for clarification. Verses 8-10 appear to recall what the Lord commanded the generation of Israelites that experienced the events described in v. 7. Note the statement in v. 11, “my people did not listen to me.”

² tn Or perhaps “command.”

³ tn The Hebrew particle אִם (“if”) and following prefixed verbal form here express a wish (GKC 321 §109.b). Note that the apodosis (the “then” clause of the conditional sentence) is suppressed.