Psalms 81
1 To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob;
To the Chief Musician. On "the Gittith." Asaph’s. Shout ye for joy, unto God our strength, Sound the note of triumph, to the God of Jacob;
2 Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.
Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp:
3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day:
Blow, at the new moon, the horn, At the full moon, for the day of our sacred festival:
4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob;
For, a statute to Israel, it is, A regulation, by the God of Jacob;
5 He ordained it in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went forth over the land of Egypt, [where] I heard a language that I knew not.
A testimony in Joseph, he appointed it, When he went forth over the land of Egypt: A language I liked not, used I to hear;
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
I took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free.
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)
In distress, thou didst cry, and I delivered thee, —I answered thee, within a hiding-place of thunder, I proved thee by the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
8 Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
Hear, O my people, and I will adjure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me!
9 There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
There shall not be, within thee, a foreign GOD, —Neither shalt thou bow down to a strange GOD:
10 I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
I, Yahweh, am thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, —Open wide thy mouth, that I may fill it.
11 But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.
But my people, hearkened not, unto my voice, Even, Israel, inclined not unto me.
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.
So then I let them go on in the stubbornness of their own heart, They might walk in their own counsels!
13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways!
If, my people, were hearkening unto me, [If, ] Israel, in my ways, would walk,
14 I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
Right soon, their foes, would I subdue, And, against their adversaries, would I turn my hand:
15 The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.
The haters of Yahweh, should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age-abiding!
16 And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.
Then would he feed them from the marrow of the wheat, Yea, out of the rock—with honey, would I satisfy thee.
