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 (Psalms) 81
81
1Shout for joy to Elohim our strength; Raise a shout to the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ.
2Lift up a song and beat the tambourine, The pleasant lyre and with the harp.
3Blow a shophar in the New Moon, in the covering for the day of our festival.
4For this is a law#See Lev. 23:24; Num. 10:10; Num. 29:1 for Yisra’ĕl, And a right-ruling of the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ.
5He appointed it in Yehosĕph for a witness, When He went throughout the land of Mitsrayim; I heard a language that I did not know.
6He says, “I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the baskets.
7“You called in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you in the covering of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meriḇah. Selah.
8Hear, O My people, and let Me warn you, O Yisra’ĕl, if you would listen to Me!”
9“Let there be no strange mighty one among you, And do not bow down to a foreign mighty one.
10I am יהוה your Elohim, Who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim; Open your mouth wide, and I fill it.”
11“But My people did not listen to My voice, And Yisra’ĕl would not submit to Me.
12So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, To walk in their own counsels.”
13“O, if My people had listened to Me, Yisra’ĕl would walk in My ways,
14I would subdue their enemies at once, And turn My hand against their adversaries!”
15Those who hate יהוה would cringe before Him; And their time of punishment be forever.
16He would feed them with the finest of wheat; And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.
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