Psalm 81
81
Oh, That My People Would Listen to Me
To the choirmaster: according to #Ps. 8, title; 84, title The Gittith.#81:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term Of #Ps. 50, titleAsaph.
1 # [Deut. 32:43] Sing aloud to God our strength;
# See Ps. 66:1 shout for joy to the God of Jacob!
2Raise a song; sound #Ex. 15:20 the tambourine,
#
Ps. 71:22
the sweet lyre with #Ps. 71:22the harp.
3Blow the trumpet at #Lev. 23:24; Num. 10:10; 29:1the new moon,
at the full moon, on our feast day.
4For it is a statute for Israel,
a rule#81:4 Or just decree of the God of Jacob.
5He made it #Ps. 122:4; [Ps. 78:5] a decree in #Ps. 77:15; 78:67; 80:1 Joseph
when he #Ex. 11:4 went out over#81:5 Or against the land of Egypt.
#
Ps. 114:1 I hear a language #[Deut. 28:49; Jer. 5:15]I had not known:
6“I #Isa. 9:4; 10:27 relieved your#81:6 Hebrew his; also next line shoulder of #Ex. 1:11the burden;
your hands were freed from the basket.
7In distress you #Ps. 50:15; [Ex. 2:23; 14:10] called, and I delivered you;
I #Ex. 19:19; See Ps. 18:11-14 answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I #Ex. 17:7; Num. 20:13tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8 # See Ps. 50:7 Hear, O my people, while I admonish you!
O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
9There shall be no #Ps. 44:20; Isa. 43:12; [Ex. 20:3] strange god among you;
you shall not bow down to a #Deut. 32:12foreign god.
10 #
Ex. 20:2 I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
# [Ps. 37:3, 4] Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11“But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel #Ex. 32:1; Deut. 32:15, 18; Prov. 1:25, 30would not submit to me.
12So I #Job 8:4; [Acts 7:42; 14:16; Rom. 1:24, 26] gave them over to their #[Deut. 29:19] stubborn hearts,
to follow their own #Ps. 106:43; Jer. 7:24; Mic. 6:16counsels.
13 #
Deut. 5:29; 32:29; Isa. 48:18 Oh, that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would #Deut. 5:33walk in my ways!
14I would soon subdue their enemies
and #Amos 1:8turn my hand against their foes.
15Those who hate the Lord would #Ps. 18:44cringe toward him,
and their fate would last forever.
16But he would feed you#81:16 That is, Israel; Hebrew him with #Ps. 147:14; Deut. 32:14 the finest of the wheat,
and with #Deut. 32:13; [Job 29:6; Ezek. 16:19]honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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Psalms 81
81
To the director: On the gittith. One of Asaph’s songs.
1Be happy and sing to God, our strength.
Shout with joy to the God of Jacob.
2Begin the music.
Play the tambourines.
Play the pleasant harps and lyres.
3Blow the ram’s horn at the time of the new moon#81:3 new moon The first day of the Hebrew month. There were special meetings on these days when the people shared fellowship offerings as part of their worship to God.
and at the time of the full moon,#81:3 full moon The middle of the Hebrew month. Many of the special meetings and festivals started at the time of a full moon. when our festival begins.
4This is the law for the people of Israel.
The God of Jacob gave the command.
5God made this agreement with Joseph’s people,
when he led them out of Egypt.
In a language we didn’t understand, God said,
6“I took the load from your shoulder.
I let you drop the worker’s basket.
7When you were in trouble, you called for help, and I set you free.
I was hidden in the storm clouds, and I answered you.
I tested you by the water at Meribah.#81:7 Meribah See Ex. 17:1-7.” Selah
8“My people, I am warning you.
Israel, listen to me!
9Don’t worship any of the false gods
that the foreigners worship.
10I, the Lord, am your God.
I brought you out of Egypt.
Israel, open your mouth,
and I will feed you.
11“But my people did not listen to me.
Israel did not obey me.
12So I let them go their own stubborn way
and do whatever they wanted.
13If my people would listen to me
and would live the way I want,
14then I would defeat their enemies.
I would punish those who cause them trouble.
15Those who hate the Lord would shake with fear.
They would be punished forever.
16I would give the best wheat to my people.
I would give them the purest honey, until they were satisfied.”
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