Psalm 81
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1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.1Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob!
2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.2Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp.
3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.
4For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.4For it is a statute for Israel, a rule of the God of Jacob.
5He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:5He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a language I had not known:
6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.6“I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket.
7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah7In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!8Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
9There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.9There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god.
10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.11“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.
12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.
13If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,13Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
14how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!14I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.
15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.15Those who hate the LORD would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever.
16But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”16But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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