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Psalm 81

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

1 Rejoice out loud to God, our strength! Shout for joy to Jacob's God!

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

2 Take up a song and strike the drum! Sweet lyre along with harp!

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

3 Blow the horn on the new moon, at the full moon, for our day of celebration!

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

4 Because this is the law for Israel; this is a rule of Jacob's God.

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

5 He made it a decree for Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, when I heard a language I did not yet know:

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

6 “I lifted the burden off your shoulders; your hands are free of the brick basket!

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.

7 In distress you cried out, so I rescued you. I answered you in the secret of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

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

8 Listen, my people, I'm warning you! If only you would listen to me, Israel.

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

9 There must be no foreign god among you. You must not bow down to any strange deity.

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

10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up from Egypt's land. Open your mouth wide—I will fill it up!

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

11 But my people wouldn't listen to my voice. Israel simply wasn't agreeable toward me.

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

12 So I sent them off to follow their willful hearts; they followed their own advice.

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

13 How I wish my people would listen to me! How I wish Israel would walk in my ways!

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

14 Then I would subdue their enemies in a second; I would turn my hand against their foes.

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

15 Those who hate the LORD would grovel before me, and their doom would last forever!

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

16 But I would feed you with the finest wheat. I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”