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〈 Psalm 81:13 〉
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! (Psalm 81:13)
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Had hearkened.
Rather, “would hearken.”
Had walked.
 Rather, “would walk” (see Deut. 5:29; 32:29; Isa. 48:18; Luke 19:42).
“For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: ‘It might have been!’”
—JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, “Maud Muller.”
My people.
 See on v. 8. The address turns from Israel of the past to Israel of the present, showing what the results of faithful obedience to God’s commands would be.