Psalm 81:6–16

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.