Psalms 81

1 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

2 Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.

3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.

4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5 He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:

6 “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

8 Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!

9 There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.

10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

11 But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

12 So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

13 If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

14 how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!

15 Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.

16 But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

4 For this [was] a statute for Israel, [and] a law of the God of Jacob.

5 This he ordained in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: [where] I heard a language [that] I understood not.

6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

8 ¶ Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

10 I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: [and] they walked in their own counsels.

13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, [and] Israel had walked in my ways!

14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

1 to sing on the githith: Assaph.

2 Sing joyfully to God, who is our strength; rejoice to the God of Jacob.

3 Take the psalms, and give the timbrels, and the harps, and the psalteries.

4 Blow ye the trumpets in the new moon, in our feast of the leafy bosom.

5 For this is the way of Israel, and the right of the God of Jacob.

6 These things he set forth for a testimony unto Joseph, when they came out of the land of Egypt, and heard a strange language,

7 When I had unburdened her shoulder, and her hands were loosed from the pots.

8 When thou calledst upon me in trouble, I helped thee: and when the weather overtook thee, I hearkened unto thee, and tried thee by the water of the Hader. Sela.

9 Hear, my people, I will testify among you; Israel, you shall hear me,

10 That there be no other god among thee, neither that thou worship any strange god.

11 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt. Open thy mouth wide, and let me fill it.

12 But my people will not hearken unto my voice, neither will Israel hearken unto mine.

13 So have I left them in the folly of their hearts, to walk after their counsel.

14 If my people would be obedient unto me, and if Israel would walk in my way,

15 I will soon subdue their enemies, and turn mine hand upon their adversaries;

16 And they that hate the LORD shall lack him: but their days shall be for ever.

17 And I would feed them with the best wheat, and satisfy them with honey out of the rock.