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 Overseer. — 'On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.
2 Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.
Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.
3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day:
Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,
4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob;
For a statute to Israel it [is], An ordinance of 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 on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known — I hear.
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.
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 hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try 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 testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:
9 There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself 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 [am] Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it.
11 But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.
But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.
And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.
13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways!
O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.
14 I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,
15 The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.
Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is — to the age.
16 And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.
He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And [with] honey from a rock I satisfy thee!
