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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Psalms 81
81
Psalm 81
God’s Goodness and Israel’s Waywardness.
For the music director; #81:0 Or according toon the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.
1Sing for joy to God our strength;
Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.
2Raise a song, strike the tambourine,
The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
3Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
At the full moon, on our feast day.
4For it is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5He established it as a testimony in Joseph
When he #81:5 Lit went out overwent throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard a language I did not know:
6¶“I #81:6 Lit removed his shoulder fromrelieved his shoulder of the burden,
His hands were freed from the #81:6 Or brick loadbasket.
7“You called in trouble and I rescued you;
I answered you in the hiding place of thunder;
I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8“Hear, My people, and I will admonish you;
Israel, if you would listen to Me!
9“There shall be no strange god among you;
Nor shall you worship a foreign god.
10“I, the Lord, am your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
11¶“But My people did not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not #81:11 Lit yield toobey Me.
12“So I gave #81:12 Lit himthem over to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk by their own plans.
13“Oh that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!
14“I would quickly subdue their enemies
And turn My hand against their adversaries.
15“Those who hate the Lord would pretend to obey Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.
16“#81:16 Lit He would feed himBut I would feed you with the #81:16 Lit fatfinest of the wheat,
And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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