Psalms 81
81
Psalm 81
For the choir director; on the gittith; #81:0 Unknown musical term. by Asaph.
1Sing joyfully to God, our strength.
Shout happily to the God of Jacob.
2Begin a psalm, and strike a tambourine.
Play lyres and harps with their pleasant music.
3Blow the ram’s horn on the day of the new moon,
on the day of the full moon,
on our festival days.
4This is a law for Israel,
a legal decision from the God of Jacob.
5These are the instructions God set in place for Joseph
when Joseph rose to power over Egypt.
I heard a message I did not understand:
6“I removed the burden from his shoulder.
His hands were freed from the basket.
7When you were in trouble, you called out ⌞to me⌟, and I rescued you.
I was hidden in thunder, but I answered you.
I tested your ⌞loyalty⌟ at the oasis of Meribah. Selah
8Listen, my people, and I will warn you.
Israel, if you would only listen to me!
9Never keep any strange god among you.
Never worship a foreign god.
10I am the Lord your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11“But my people did not listen to me.
Israel wanted nothing to do with me.
12So I let them go their own stubborn ways
and follow their own advice.
13If only my people would listen to me!
If only Israel would follow me!
14I would quickly defeat their enemies.
I would turn my power against their foes.
15Those who hate the Lord would cringe in front of him,
and their time ⌞for punishment⌟ would last forever.
16But I would feed Israel with the finest wheat
and satisfy them with honey from a rock.”
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Psalms 81
81
For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.
1Sing aloud unto God our strength:
Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2Take up the psalm, and bring hither the timbrel,
The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon,
At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.
4For it is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5He appointed it in Joseph for testimony,
When he went out over the land of Egypt:
Where I heard a language that I knew not.
6I removed his shoulder from the burden:
His hands were freed from the basket.
7Thou calledst in trouble,
And I answered thee in the secret place of thunder;
I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee:
O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
9There shall no strange god be in thee;
Neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
10I am the LORD thy God,
Which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt:
Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11But my people hearkened not to my voice;
And Israel would none of me.
12So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart,
That they might walk in their own counsels.
13Oh that my people would hearken unto me,
That Israel would walk in my ways!
14I should soon subdue their enemies,
And turn my hand against their adversaries.
15The haters of the LORD should submit themselves unto him:
But their time should endure for ever.
16He should feed them also with the finest of the wheat:
And with honey out of the rock should I satisfy thee.
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