Psalms - Chapter 81 Ch. 81 - Psalms

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[1]  Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

[2]  Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.

[3]  Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.

[4]  For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

[5]  He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, WhereI heard a language that I knew not.

[6]  I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.

[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

[8]  Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

[9]  There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

[10]  I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

[11]  But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.

[12]  So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.

[13]  Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!

[14]  I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.

[15]  The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.

[16]  He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.