Psalms 81
81
For the Feast of Harvest
For the Pure and Shining One
Asaph’s poetic song set to the melody of “For the Feast of Harvest”
1Lord, just singing about you makes me strong!
So I’ll keep shouting for joy to Jacob’s God, my champion.
2Let the celebration begin!
I will sing with drum accompaniment and with the sweet sound
of the harp and guitar strumming.
3Go ahead! Blow the jubilee trumpet to begin the feast!
Blow it before every joyous celebration and festival. # 81:3 Or “on the day of the new moon and the day of the full moon.”
4For God has given us these seasons of joy,
days that the God of Jacob decreed for us to celebrate and rejoice.
5He has given these feasts to remind us of his triumph over Egypt,
when he went out to wage war against them.
I heard the message in an unknown tongue as he said to me,
6“I have removed your backbreaking burdens
and have freed your hands from the hard labor and toil. # 81:6 Or “from holding the baskets,” which alludes to the Hebrews carrying basket loads of burdens for their Egyptian masters.
7You called out to me in your time of trouble, and I rescued you.
I came down from the realm of the secret place of thunder,
where mysteries hide.
I came down to save you.
I tested your hearts at the place where there was no water to drink,
the place of your bitter argument with me.” # 81:7 The Hebrew includes the word Meribah, which means “the place of strife and contention.”
Pause in his presence
8“Listen to me, my dear people.
For I’m warning you, and you’d better listen well!
For I hold something against you.
9Don’t ever be guilty of worshiping any other god but me.
10I am your only God, the living God.
Wasn’t I the one who broke the strongholds over you
and raised you up out of bondage?
Open your mouth with a mighty decree;
I will fulfill it now, you’ll see!
The words that you speak, so shall it be!
11But my people still wouldn’t listen;
my princely people would not yield to me.
12So I lifted my grace from off of their lives, and I surrendered them
to the stubbornness of their hearts.
For they were living according to their own selfish fantasies.
13O that my people would once and for all listen to me
and walk faithfully in my footsteps, following my ways.
14Then and only then will I conquer your every foe
and tell every one of them, ‘You must go!’
15Those who hate my ways will cringe before me
and their punishment will be eternal.
16But I will feed you with my spiritual bread.
You will feast and be satisfied with me,
feeding on my revelation-truth like honey
dripping from the cliffs of the high place.”
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Psalm 81
Asaph wrote this song for the music leader. Use special music.
God gives us strength #81:1 This psalm was written to sing at a festival. It was probably the Festival of Huts. See Leviticus 23:33-43.
1Sing with joy to praise God!
He is the one who makes us strong!
Shout aloud to the God of Jacob. #81:1 ‘Jacob’ is another name for ‘Israel’, so ‘God of Jacob’ means Israel's God.
2Start the music! Beat your tambourines!
Make beautiful music on your harps and lyres.
3Start the New Moon Festival
with the sound of the trumpet.
Also do it on the day of the Full Moon. #81:3 There were two festivals in October. The first one started when the moon was new. The second one started two weeks later, when the moon was full. The second one was the Feast of Huts.
4This is a rule for Israel's people.
The God of Jacob commanded us to do it.
5When God punished the land of Egypt,
he gave this rule to Joseph's family.
I heard a voice that I did not know.
6It said: ‘I took the heavy load off your back.
You no longer had to carry those heavy baskets.
7When you had trouble, you called to me for help
and I made you safe.
I answered your prayers
from the middle of the dark storm.
I tested you at Meribah,
when you had no water in the wilderness.
Selah.
8I said, “My people, listen to me!
I warn you now.
Listen carefully to me, Israel's people!
9There must not be any strange god among you.
You must never worship a foreign god.
10I am the Lord, your God.
I brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide,
and I will fill it with many good things.” #81:10 Verses 8-10 tell us what God said to his people in the wilderness. He warned them to worship only him. He promised to feed them and give them everything that they needed, if they obeyed him.
11But my people refused to listen to me.
My people, Israel, did not obey me.
12So I let them follow their own proud ideas.
They could do whatever they wanted to do.
13But my people should listen to me!
Yes, Israel should obey my commands!
14Then I would quickly win against their enemies.
I would attack them all.’
15(Then people who hate the Lord
would fall down with fear in front of him.
They would be ashamed for ever.)
16‘But I would feed you, my people, with the best wheat.
I would give you plenty of honey from the rock,
for you to eat and be full.’
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