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Psalms 81

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

1 To the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.

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

2 Raise a song and strike the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the lute.

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 trumpet at the time of the New Moon, At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.

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

4 For this is a statute for Israel, A law of the God of Jacob.

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

5 This He established in Joseph as a testimony, When He went throughout the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language I did not understand.

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

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

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 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

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

8 "Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you! O Israel, if you will listen to Me!

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

9 There shall be no foreign god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

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 out of the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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

11 "But My people would not heed My voice, And Israel would have none of Me.

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

12 So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, To walk in their own counsels.

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

13 "Oh, that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!

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

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

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

15 The haters of the Lord would pretend submission to Him, But their fate would endure forever.

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

16 He would have fed them also with the finest of wheat; And with honey from the rock I would have satisfied you."