Psalm 81:1–10

1  hSing aloud to God our strength;

ishout for joy to the God of Jacob!

2  Raise a song; sound jthe tambourine,

kthe sweet lyre with kthe harp.

3  Blow the trumpet at lthe new moon,

at the full moon, on our feast day.

4  For it is a statute for Israel,

a rule2 of the God of Jacob.

5  He made it ma decree in nJoseph

when he owent out over3 the land of Egypt.

pI hear a language qI had not known:

6  “I rrelieved your4 shoulder of sthe burden;

your hands were freed from the basket.

7  In distress you tcalled, and I delivered you;

I uanswered you in the secret place of thunder;

I vtested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

8  wHear, O my people, while I admonish you!

O Israel, if you would but listen to me!

9  There shall be no xstrange god among you;

you shall not bow down to a yforeign god.

10  zI am the Lord your God,

who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

aOpen your mouth wide, and I will fill it.