Psalms 81:1
Sing aloud to God our strength. Make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
Psalms 81:2
Raise a song, and bring here the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Psalms 81:3
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast-day.
Psalms 81:4
For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Psalms 81:5
He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard a language that I knew not.
Psalms 81:6
I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
Psalms 81:7
Thou called in trouble, and I delivered thee. I answered thee in the secret place of thunder. I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Psalms 81:8
Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee, O Israel, if thou would hearken to me!
Psalms 81:9
There shall no strange god be in thee, nor shall thou worship any foreign god.
Psalms 81:10
I am Jehovah thy God who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Psalms 81:11
But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.
Psalms 81:12
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.
Psalms 81:13
O that my people would hearken to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
Psalms 81:14
I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.
Psalms 81:15
(The haters of Jehovah feign obedience to him, but their time is forever.)
Psalms 81:16
He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat. And I would satisfy thee with honey out of the rock.