Psalm 81–82

Psalm 81

To the chief Musician ^*upon Gittith, A Psalm ^||of Asaph.

^1aSing aloud unto God our strength:

^bMake a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

²Take a psalm, and bring hither the ^ctimbrel,

The pleasant ^dharp with the ^dpsaltery.

³Blow up the ^etrumpet ^fin the new moon,

In ^gthe time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

⁴For this was a statute for Israel,

And a law of the God of Jacob.

⁵This he ordained in ^hJoseph for ⁱa testimony,

When ^khe went out ^||through the land of Egypt:

^lWhere I heard a language that I ^munderstood not.

⁶I ⁿremoved his shoulder from the ^oburden:

His hands ^†were delivered from the ^ppots.

^7qThou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee;

I ^ranswered thee in the secret place of thunder:

I ^sproved thee at the waters of ^||Meribah. Selah.

^8tHear, O my people, and ^tI will testify unto thee:

O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

⁹There shall no ^ustrange god be in thee;

Neither shalt thou worship any ^wstrange god.

^10xI am the Lord thy God,

Which brought thee out of the land of Egypt:

^yOpen thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹But my people would not hearken to my voice;

And Israel ^yywould none of me.

¹²So I ^zgave them up ^||unto their own hearts’ lust:

And they ^awalked in their own counsels.

^13bOh that my people had hearkened unto me,

And Israel ^chad walked in my ways!

¹⁴I should soon have subdued their enemies,

And ^dturned my hand against their adversaries.

^15eThe haters of the Lord should have ^||submitted themselves unto him:

But their time should have endured for ever.

¹⁶He should have fed them also ^†with the finest of the wheat:

And with ^fhoney out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

Psalm 82

A Psalm ^||of Asaph.

^1aGod ^bstandeth in the congregation of the mighty;

^cHe judgeth among the ^dgods.

^2eHow long will ye judge unjustly,

And ^fgaccept the persons ^gof the wicked? Selah.

^3†Defend the ^hpoor and ⁱfatherless:

ⁱDo justice to the afflicted and needy.

^4kDeliver the ^hpoor and needy:

^lRid them out of the hand of the wicked.

^5mThey know not, neither will they understand;

ⁿThey walk on in darkness:

^oAll the foundations of the earth are ^†out of course.

^6pI have said, Ye are ^qgods;

And all of you are ^rchildren of the most High.

⁷But ^sye shall die ^tlike men,

And fall like one of the princes.

^8uArise, O God, judge the earth:

^xFor thou shalt inherit all nations.