Psalm 81

1 Psalm 81:1 Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

2 Psalm 81:2 Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

3 Psalm 81:3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.

4 Psalm 81:4 For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5 Psalm 81:5 He established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know:

6 Psalm 81:6 “I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.

7 Psalm 81:7 “You called in trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

8 Psalm 81:8 “Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

9 Psalm 81:9 “Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

10 Psalm 81:10 “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 Psalm 81:11 “But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not obey Me.

12 Psalm 81:12 “So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices.

13 Psalm 81:13 “Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!

14 Psalm 81:14 “I would quickly subdue their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries.

15 Psalm 81:15 “Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.

16 Psalm 81:16 “But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”