Psalms 81 · Verse 10

Psalms 81:10

I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Psalms 81:10, King James Version

Psalms 81:10 in other translations

BSBI am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
WEBI am the LORD, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
ASVI am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
YLTI am Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it.
DARBYI am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
BBEI am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food.
WebsterI am the LORD thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

What does Psalms 81:10 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Open thy mouth wide - Let thy desires be ever so extensive, I will gratify them if thou wilt be faithful to me. Thou shalt lack no manner of thing that is good.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 81:8-16

We cannot look for too little from the creature, nor too much from the Creator. We may have enough from God, if we pray for it in faith. All the wickedness of the world is owing to man's wilfulness. People are not religious, because they will not be so. God is not the Author of their sin, he leaves them to the lusts of their own hearts, and the counsels of their own heads; if they do not well, the blame must be upon…

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Psalms 81:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָנֹכִ֨י\׀'a.no.KhiIH595
יְה֘וָ֤הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
הַֽ֭מַּעַלְךָHa.ma.'al.khawho brought up youH5927
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
הַרְחֶב\־har.chev-make largeH7337
פִּ֝֗יךָPi.khamouth yourH6310
וַאֲמַלְאֵֽהוּ\׃va.'a.mal.'E.huand I will fill itH4390

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Cross references for Psalms 81:10

  • John 15:7

    If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

  • Exodus 20:2

    I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  • Psalms 107:9

    For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

  • John 7:37

    In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

  • Revelation 21:6

    And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

  • Ephesians 3:19-20

    And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

  • Psalms 37:3-4

    Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

  • Revelation 22:17

    And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

  • John 16:23

    And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.

  • Jeremiah 11:4

    Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

  • Jeremiah 31:31-33

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I am.
Ex 20:2; Jer 11:4; 31:31-33
open.
37:3,4; Joh 7:37; 15:7; 16:23; Eph 3:19,20; Re 21:6; 22:17

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Context

  • Psalms 81:9

    There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

  • Psalms 81:10

    I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

  • Psalms 81:11

    But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

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Psalms 81:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Yo soy Jehová tu Dios, que te hice subir de la tierra de Egipto: ensancha tu boca, y henchirla he.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il n’y aura point au milieu de toi de ✶dieu étranger, et tu ne te prosterneras pas devant un ✶dieu de l’étranger.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich bin Jehova, dein Gott, der dich aus dem Lande Ägypten heraufgeführt hat; tue deinen Mund weit auf, und ich will ihn füllen.