Psalms 81
81
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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Tehillim (Psa) 81
81
1For the Leader. On the gittit. By Asaf:
2Sing for joy to God our strength!
Shout to the God of Ya‘akov!
3Start the music! Beat the drum!
Play the sweet lyre and the lute!
4Sound the shofar at Rosh-Hodesh
and at full moon for the pilgrim feast,
5because this is a law for Isra’el,
a ruling of the God of Ya‘akov.
6He placed it as a testimony in Y’hosef
when he went out against the land of Egypt.
I heard an unfamiliar voice say,
7“I lifted the load from his shoulder;
his hands were freed from the [laborer’s] basket.
8You called out when you were in trouble,
and I rescued you;
I answered you from the thundercloud;
I tested you at the M’rivah Spring [by saying,] (Selah)
9“‘Hear, my people, while I give you warning!
Isra’el, if you would only listen to me!
10There is not to be with you any foreign god;
you are not to worship an alien god.
11I am Adonai your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth, and I will fill it.’
12“But my people did not listen to my voice;
Isra’el would have none of me.
13So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
to live by their own plans.
14How I wish my people would listen to me,
that Isra’el would live by my ways!
15I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.
16Those who hate Adonai would cringe before him,
while [Isra’el’s] time would last forever.
17They would be fed with the finest wheat,
and I would satisfy you with honey from the rocks.”
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