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Psalms 81
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
Sing aloud to God, our strength!
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith (note: Gittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 8 and 84.). Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine,
Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
Blow the trumpet at the New Moon,
Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
For it is a statute for Israel,
For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant,
He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph (note: Or in Joseph) when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
“I removed his shoulder from the burden.
“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
You called in trouble, and I delivered you.
You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah (note: Meribah means quarreling; see Exodus 17:7.). Selah
“Hear, my people, and I will testify to you,
Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
There shall be no strange god in you,
There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
I am the LORD, your God,
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
But my people didn’t listen to my voice.
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts,
So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
Oh that my people would listen to me,
If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
I would soon subdue their enemies,
how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
The haters of the LORD would cringe before him,
Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat.
But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”