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Psalms 81

1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto 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 hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.

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, [Where] I heard a language that I knew not.

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 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee 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, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

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

9 There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou 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 Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy 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 hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would 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 heart, 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 hearken unto 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 Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.

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

16 He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.

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

The American Standard Version is in the public domain.