Psalms 81

1 To him that excelleth upon Gittith. A Psalme committed to Asaph. Sing ioyfully vnto God our strength: sing loude vnto the God of Iaakob.

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 Take the song and bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harpe with the viole.

Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp:

3 Blowe the trumpet in the newe moone, euen in the time appointed, at 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, and a Law of the God of Iaakob.

For, a statute to Israel, it is, A regulation, by the God of Jacob;

5 Hee set this in Ioseph for a testimonie, when hee came out of the land of Egypt, where I heard a language, that I vnderstoode 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 haue withdrawen his shoulder from the burden, and his handes haue left the pots.

I took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free.

7 Thou calledst in affliction and I deliuered thee, and answered thee in the secret of the thunder: I prooued 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 Heare, O my people, and I wil protest vnto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken vnto me,

Hear, O my people, and I will adjure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me!

9 Let there bee no strange god in thee, neither worship thou any strange god.

There shall not be, within thee, a foreign GOD, —Neither shalt thou bow down to a strange GOD:

10 For I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee 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 would not heare my voyce, and Israel would none of me.

But my people, hearkened not, unto my voice, Even, Israel, inclined not unto me.

12 So I gaue them vp vnto the hardnesse of their heart, and they haue walked in their owne cousels.

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 vnto me, and Israel had walked in my wayes.

If, my people, were hearkening unto me, [If, ] Israel, in my ways, would walk,

14 I would soone haue humbled their enemies, and turned mine hand against their aduersaries.

Right soon, their foes, would I subdue, And, against their adversaries, would I turn my hand:

15 The haters of the Lord should haue bene subiect vnto him, and their time should haue endured for euer.

The haters of Yahweh, should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age-abiding!

16 And God would haue fedde them with the fatte of wheat, and with honie out of the rocke would I haue sufficed thee.

Then would he feed them from the marrow of the wheat, Yea, out of the rock—with honey, would I satisfy thee.