Psalm 81 NIV ISV Parallel

◄ Psalm 81 ►

New International Version

International Standard Version

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

1Sing joyfully to God, our strength. Raise a shout to the God of Jacob.

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

2Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant-sounding lyre along with the harp.

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

3Blow the ram's horn when there is a New Moon, when there is a full moon, on our festival day,

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

4because it is a statute in Israel, an ordinance by the God of Jacob,

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

5a decree that he prescribed for Joseph when he went throughout the land of Egypt, speaking a language I did not recognize.

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

6I removed the burden from your shoulder; your hands were freed of the burdensome basket.

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

7In a time of need you called out and I delivered you; I answered you from the dark thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Interlude

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

8Listen, My people and I will warn you. Israel, if only you would obey me!

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

9You must neither have a foreign god over you or worship a strange 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 out of the land of Egypt, open your mouth that I may fill it.

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

11Yet my people didn't obey my voice; Israel didn't submit to me.

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

12So I allowed them to continue in their stubbornness, living by their own advice.

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

13If only my people would obey me, if only Israel would walk in my ways!

14how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!

14Then I would quickly subdue their enemies. I would turn against their foes.

15Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

15Those who hate the LORD will cringe before him; their punishment will be permanent.

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

16But I will feed Israel with the finest wheat, satisfying you with honey from the rock.