Psalms 81
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PSALM 81
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician upon Gittith,
A Psalm of Asaph.
1Sing loud to God our strength; with joy
to Jacob's God do sing.
2Take up a psalm, the pleasant harp,
timbrel and psalt'ry bring.
3Blow trumpets at new-moon, what day
our feast appointed is:
4For charge to Isr'el,
and a law of Jacob's God was this.
5To Joseph this a testimony
he made, when Egypt land
He travell'd through, where speech I heard
I did not understand.
6His shoulder I from burdens took,
his hands from pots did free.
7Thou didst in trouble on me call,
and I deliver'd thee:
In secret place of thundering
I did thee answer make;
And at the streams of Meribah
of thee a proof did take.
8O thou, my people, give an ear,
I'll testify to thee;
To thee, O Isr'el, if thou wilt
but hearken unto me.
9In midst of thee there shall not be
any strange god at all;
Nor unto any god unknown
thou bowing down shalt fall.
10I am the Lord thy God, which did
from Egypt land thee guide;
I'll fill thy mouth abundantly,
do thou it open wide.
11But yet my people to my voice
would not attentive be;
And ev'n my chosen Israel
he would have none of me.
12So to the lust of their own hearts
I them delivered;
And then in counsels of their own
they vainly wandered.
13O that my people had me heard,
Isr'el my ways had chose!
14I had their en'mies soon subdu'd,
my hand turn'd on their foes.
15The haters of the Lord to him
submission should have feign'd;
But as for them, their time should have
for evermore remain'd.
16He should have also fed them with
the finest of the wheat;
Of honey from the rock thy fill
I should have made thee eat.
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Psalms 81
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For the Music Director. According to The Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.
1Sing aloud unto God our strength;
make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2#Ps 63:1; 84:2 Lift up a melody, and sound the tambourine,
the pleasant lyre with the harp.
3#Ps 79:10; 80:5 Blow the trumpet at the New Moon,
at the full moon on our feast day.
4#Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8 For this is a statute for Israel,
a decree of the God of Jacob.
5#Ps 42:11; 43:5 This He ordained in Joseph as a decree
when He went out against the land of Egypt.
I heard a voice that I had not known:
6#2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9 “I removed his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were released from holding the basket.
7#Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 You called in trouble, and I delivered you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8#Job 35:10; Ps 63:6 Hear, O My people, and I will testify against you.
O Israel, if you would listen to me!
9#Ps 38:6; 18:2 There shall be no strange god among you;
neither shall you bow down to any strange god.
10#Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17 I am the Lord your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt;
open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11#Ps 42:5; 43:5 “But My people would not listen to My voice;
Israel would not submit to Me.
12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts,
to walk in their own counsels.
13“Oh, that My people would listen to Me,
and Israel would follow in My ways!
14I would soon subdue their enemies,
and turn My hand against their adversaries.
15Let those who hate the Lord cower before Him
and their fate might last forever.
16But I would feed them with the finest of wheat,
and with honey out of the rock I would satisfy you.”
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