Psalms 81
1 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
In finem, Pro torcularibus, Psalmus ipsi Asaph. Exultate Deo adiutori nostro: iubilate Deo Iacob.
2 Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
Sumite psalmum, et date tympanum: psalterium iucundum cum cithara.
3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
Buccinate in Neomenia tuba, in insigni die solemnitatis vestræ:
4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Quia præceptum in Israel est: et iudicium Deo Iacob.
5 He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
Testimonium in Ioseph posuit illud, cum exiret de Terra Ægypti: linguam, quam non noverat, audivit.
6 “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
Divertit ab oneribus dorsum eius: manus eius in cophino servierunt.
7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
In tribulatione invocasti me, et liberavi te: exaudivi te in abscondito tempestatis: probavi te apud aquam contradictionis.
8 Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
Audi populus meus, et contestabor te: Israel si audieris me,
9 There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
non erit in te deus recens, neque adorabis deum alienum.
10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
Ego enim sum Dominus Deus tuus, qui eduxi te de terra Ægypti: dilata os tuum, et implebo illud.
11 But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
Et non audivit populus meus vocem meam: et Israel non intendit mihi.
12 So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
Et dimisi eos secundum desideria cordis eorum, ibunt in adinventionibus suis.
13 If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
Si populus meus audisset me: Israel si in viis meis ambulasset:
14 how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
Pro nihilo forsitan inimicos eorum humiliassem: et super tribulantes eos misissem manum meam.
15 Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
Inimici Domini mentiti sunt ei: et erit tempus eorum in sæcula.
16 But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Et cibavit eos ex adipe frumenti: et de petra, melle saturavit eos.
