Psalms 81

1 For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength; shout unto the God of Jacob.

Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself. Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.

2 Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.

Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the harp.

3 Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day.

Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the noted day of your solemnity.

4 For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob.

5 He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when He went forth against the land of Egypt. The speech of one that I knew not did I hear:

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.

6 'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.

He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets.

7 Thou didst call in trouble, and I rescued thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)

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.

8 Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!

Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me,

9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

There shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.

10 I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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.

11 But My people hearkened not to My voice; and Israel would none of Me.

But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.

12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.

So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in their own inventions.

13 Oh that My people would hearken unto Me, that Israel would walk in My ways!

If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my ways:

14 I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their adversaries.

I should soon have humbled their enemies, and laid my hand on them that troubled them.

15 The haters of the LORD should dwindle away before Him; and their punishment should endure for ever.

The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be for ever.

16 They should also be fed with the fat of wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.'

And he fed them with the fat of wheat, and filled them with honey out of the rock.