Psalm 81

Psalm 81

To the Chief Musician. On An Instrument of Gath. A Psalm of Asaph.

¹Sing aloud to God our strength;

Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.

²Raise a song and strike the timbrel,

The pleasant harp with the lute.

³Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon,

At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.

⁴For ^bthis is a statute for Israel,

A law of the God of Jacob.

⁵This He established in Joseph as a testimony,

When He went throughout the land of Egypt,

^cWhere I heard a language I did not understand.

⁶“I removed his shoulder from the burden;

His hands were freed from the baskets.

^7dYou called in trouble, and I delivered you;

^eI answered you in the secret place of thunder;

I ^ftested you at the waters of ²Meribah.

Selah

⁸“Hear, ^gO My people, and I will admonish you!

O Israel, if you will listen to Me!

⁹There shall be no ^hforeign god among you;

Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

¹⁰ⁱI am the Lord your God,

Who brought you out of the land of Egypt;

^jOpen your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹“But My people would not heed My voice,

And Israel would have ^knone of Me.

^12lSo I gave them over to ³their own stubborn heart,

To walk in their own counsels.

¹³“Oh, ^mthat My people would listen to Me,

That Israel would walk in My ways!

¹⁴I would soon subdue their enemies,

And turn My hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ⁿThe haters of the Lord would pretend submission to Him,

But their ⁴fate would endure forever.

¹⁶He would ^ohave fed them also with ⁵the finest of wheat;

And with honey ^pfrom the rock I would have satisfied you.”