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Psalms 81

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Psalm 81
For the music leader. According to the Gittith. Of Asaph.
1Rejoice out loud to God, our strength!
Shout for joy to Jacob’s God!
2Take up a song and strike the drum!
Sweet lyre along with harp!
3Blow the horn on the new moon,
at the full moon, for our day of celebration!
4Because this is the law for Israel;
this is a rule of Jacob’s God.
5He made it a decree for Joseph
when he went out against the land of Egypt,
when I heard a language I did not yet know:
6“I lifted the burden off your shoulders;
your hands are free of the brick basket!
7In distress you cried out, so I rescued you.
I answered you in the secret of thunder.
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8Listen, my people, I’m warning you!
If only you would listen to me, Israel.
9There must be no foreign god among you.
You must not bow down to any strange deity.
10I am the LORD your God,
who brought you up from Egypt’s land.
Open your mouth wide—I will fill it up!
11But my people wouldn’t listen to my voice.
Israel simply wasn’t agreeable toward me.
12So I sent them off to follow their willful hearts;
they followed their own advice.
13How I wish my people would listen to me!
How I wish Israel would walk in my ways!
14Then I would subdue their enemies in a second;
I would turn my hand against their foes.
15Those who hate the LORD would grovel before me,
and their doom would last forever!
16But I would feed you with the finest wheat.
I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”

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