Psa 81:13-14 | NETfull | STEP | If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!

Psalms 81:13-14

13 If only my people would obey me! ^{▼▼ 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).}
If only Israel would keep my commands! ^{▼▼ Heb “[and if only] Israel would walk in my ways.”}
14 Then I would quickly subdue their enemies,
and attack ^{▼▼ Heb “turn my hand against.” The idiom “turn the hand against” has the nuance of “strike with the hand, attack” (see Isa 1:25; Ezek 38:12; Amos 1:8; Zech 13:7).} their adversaries.”