Parallel Bible results for "Psalms 81"

Psalms 81

1 Sing for joy to God, our strength; shout out loud to the God of Jacob.

1 Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!

2 Begin the music. Play the tambourines. Play pleasant music on the harps and lyres.

2 Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.

3 Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, when the moon is full, when our feast begins.

3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;

4 This is the law for Israel; it is the command of the God of Jacob.

4 this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5 He gave this rule to the people of Joseph when they went out of the land of Egypt. I heard a language I did not know, saying:

5 When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say:

6 "I took the load off their shoulders; I let them put down their baskets.

6 “I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.

7 When you were in trouble, you called, and I saved you. I answered you with thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah

7 In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.

8 My people, listen. I am warning you. Israel, please listen to me!

8 Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel!

9 You must not have foreign gods; you must not worship any false god.

9 You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not worship any god other than me.

10 I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you out of Egypt. Open your mouth and I will feed you.

10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.

11 "But my people did not listen to me; Israel did not want me.

11 “But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.

12 So I let them go their stubborn way and follow their own advice.

12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

13 I wish my people would listen to me; I wish Israel would live my way.

13 “If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways,

14 Then I would quickly defeat their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.

14 how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!

15 Those who hate the Lord would bow before him. Their punishment would continue forever.

15 Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

16 But I would give you the finest wheat and fill you with honey from the rocks." A psalm of Asaph.

16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”