Psa 81:8 | NET2full | STEP | I said, ‘ Listen , my people ! I will warn you. O Israel , if only you would obey me!

‏ Psalms 81:8

8 I said, ^{▼▼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.”} ‘Listen, my people!
I will warn ^{▼▼tn Or perhaps “command.”} you.
O Israel, if only you would obey me! ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew particle אִם (ʾim, “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.}