Psalms, 81

1. <To the chief Musician upon Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph.> Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

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2. Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

2. Sing joyfully to God, our strength; acclaim aloud the God of Jacob.

3. Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

3. Start the music, strike the timbrel, play melodies on the harp and lyre.

4. For this [was] a statute for Israel, [and] a law of the God of Jacob.

4. Sound the trumpet at the new moon, on our feast day when the moon is full.

5. This he ordained in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: [where] I heard a language [that] I understood not.

5. This is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob,

6. I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

6. a statute he wrote for Joseph when he went out of Egypt. They heard a voice they did not know: "Open wide your mouth and I will fill it,

7. Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

7. I relieved your shoulder from burden; I freed your hands.

8. Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

8. You called in distress, and I saved you; unseen, I answered you in thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.

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

9. Hear, my people, as I admonish you. If only you would listen, O Israel!

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.

10. There shall be no strange god among you, you shall not worship any alien god,

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

11. for I the Lord am your God, who led you forth from the land of Egypt.

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

12. But my people did not listen; Israel did not obey.

13. Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, [and] Israel had walked in my ways!

13. So I gave them over to their stubbornness and they followed their own counsels.

14. I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

14. If only my people would listen, if only Israel would walk in my ways,

15. The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

15. I would quickly subdue their adversaries and turn my hand against their enemies.

16. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

16. Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him, and their panic would last forever.

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17. I would feed you with the finest wheat and satisfy you with honey from the rock."