From the Psalter of the Book of Common Prayer (Canada, 1962):
11But my people would not hear my voice;/and Israel would not obey me. 12 So I gave them up unto their stubborn hearts,/ and let them follow their own imaginations. |
The Psalter from the Book of Common Prayer translates the word “councils” or “advice” or “devices” used in other versions of verse 12 of Psalm 81 as “imaginations”.
God has left his people to follow their stubbornness. Alone without Him, they may think they’re turning to their own devices, yet what they’re doing is imagining and creating idols - other gods, other images.
They are at the mercy of these imaginations, which fill the void left by God to take them through worlds which even their own active minds cannot fathom.