The Psalms (WEB)

Psalm 81

For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph.

 ^81:1Sing aloud to God, our strength!
      Make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob!

 ^81:2Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine,
      The pleasant lyre with the harp.

 ^81:3Blow the trumpet at the New Moon,
      At the full moon, on our feast day.

 ^81:4For it is a statute for Israel,
      An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

 ^81:5He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony,
      When he went out over the land of Egypt,
      I heard a language that I didn't know.

 ^81:6"I removed his shoulder from the burden.
      His hands were freed from the basket.

 ^81:7You called in trouble, and I delivered you.
      I answered you in the secret place of thunder.
      I tested you at the waters of Meribah."

 Selah.

  ^81:8"Hear, my people, and I will testify to you.
      Israel, if you would listen to me!

 ^81:9There shall be no strange god in you,
      Neither shall you worship any foreign god.

 ^81:10I am Yahweh, your God,
      Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
      Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

 ^81:11But my people didn't listen to my voice.
      Israel desired none of me.

 ^81:12So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts,
      That they might walk in their own counsels.

 ^81:13Oh that my people would listen to me,
      That Israel would walk in my ways!

 ^81:14I would soon subdue their enemies,
      And turn my hand against their adversaries.

 ^81:15The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him,
      And their punishment would last forever.

 ^81:16But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat.
      I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock."

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