Psalms

Psalm 81

1 To the chief5329 Musician5329 upon Gittith,1665 A Psalm of Asaph.623 Sing7442 aloud7442 to God430 our strength:5797 make a joyful noise to the God430 of Jacob.3290

2 Take5375 a psalm,2172 and bring5414 here the tambourine,8596 the pleasant5273 harp3658 with the psaltery.5035

3 Blow8628 up the trumpet7782 in the new2320 moon,2320 in the time appointed,3677 on our solemn2282 feast2282 day.3117

4 For this1931 was a statute2706 for Israel,3478 and a law4941 of the God430 of Jacob.3290

5 This he ordained7760 in Joseph3084 for a testimony,5715 when he went3318 out through5921 the land776 of Egypt:4714 where I heard8085 a language8193 that I understood3045 not.

6 I removed5493 his shoulder7926 from the burden:5449 his hands3709 were delivered5674 from the pots.1731

7 You called7121 in trouble,6869 and I delivered2502 you; I answered6030 you in the secret5643 place of thunder:7482 I proved974 you at5291 the waters4325 of Meribah.4809 Selah.5542

8 Hear,8085 O my people,5971 and I will testify5749 to you: O Israel,3478 if518 you will listen8085 to me;

9 There shall no3808 strange2114 god410 be in you; neither3808 shall you worship7812 any strange5236 god.410

10 I am the LORD3068 your God,430 which brought5927 you out of the land776 of Egypt:4714 open your mouth6310 wide,7337 and I will fill4390 it.

11 But my people5971 would not listen8085 to my voice;6963 and Israel3478 would14 none3808 of me.

12 So I gave7971 them up to their own hearts'3820 lust:8307 and they walked3212 in their own counsels.4156

13 Oh3863 that my people5971 had listened8085 to me, and Israel3478 had walked1980 in my ways!1870

14 I should soon4592 have subdued3665 their enemies,341 and turned7725 my hand3027 against5921 their adversaries.6862

15 The haters8130 of the LORD3068 should have submitted3584 themselves to him: but their time6256 should have endured1961 for ever.5769

16 He should have fed398 them also with the finest2459 of the wheat:2406 and with honey1706 out of the rock6697 should I have satisfied7649 you.