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Psalms 81:12

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: [and] they walked in their own counsels.

Psalms 81:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 81:12

Theological / Devotional

I gave them up. God’s Spirit does not always strive with men (see Gen. 6:3). When men persist in rebellion and hardness of heart, God lets them have their way and suffer the results of their choosing. God’s government is a government of free moral choice; God does not coerce the will. He warns man that disobedience brings ruin, but does not prevent man’s contrary choice.

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