< Psalms 81 >
1 Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself. Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.
For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the wine-presses. Rejoice ye in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.
2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
3 Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the noted day of your solemnity.
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the glorious day of your feast.
4 For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob.
For [this] is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob.
5 He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.
He made it [to be] a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Egypt: he heard a language which he understood not.
6 He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets.
He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets.
7 Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I delivered thee: I heard thee in the secret place of tempest: I proved thee at the waters of contradiction.
Thou didst call upon me in trouble, and I delivered thee; I heard thee in the secret place of the storm: I proved thee at the water of Strife. (Pause)
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me,
Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel; and I will testify to thee: if thou wilt hearken to me;
9 There shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.
there shall be no new god in thee; neither shalt thou worship a strange god.
10 For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
For I am the Lord thy God, that brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.
But my people hearkened not to my voice; and Israel gave no heed to me.
12 So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in their own inventions.
So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways.
13 If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my ways:
If my people had hearkened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways,
14 I should soon have humbled their enemies, and laid my hand on them that troubled them.
I should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them.
15 The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be for ever.
The Lord's enemies [should have] lied to him: but their time shall be for ever.
16 And he fed them with the fat of wheat, and filled them with honey out of the rock.
And he fed them with the fat of wheat; and satisfied them with honey out of the rock.