Psalm 81 BSB NIV Parallel

◄ Psalm 81 ►

Berean Standard Bible

New International Version

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

1For the director of music. According to gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!

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

2Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.

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

3Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;

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

4this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance 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:

5When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say:

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

6"I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free 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. Selah

7In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.

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

8Hear me, my people, and I will warn you-- if you would only listen to me, Israel!

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

9You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not worship any god other than me.

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 Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.

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

11"But my people would not listen to me; 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 devices.

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

13"If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways,

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

14how quickly I would 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 before him, and their punishment would last forever.

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

16But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."

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