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Psalms 81

1 Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob!

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

2 Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, The pleasant lyre with the harp.

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

3 Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.

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

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

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

5 He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn't know.

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

6 "I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

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

7 You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of 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 "Hear, my people, and I will testify to you. Israel, if you would listen to me!

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

9 There shall be no strange god in you, Neither shall you worship any foreign god.

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

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

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 didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

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

12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, That they might walk in their own counsels.

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

13 Oh that my people would listen to me, That Israel would walk in my ways!

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

14 I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.

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

15 The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, And their punishment would last forever.

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

16 But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock."

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

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