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.
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 up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.
Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp:
3 Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day.
Blow, at the new moon, the horn, At the full moon, for the day of our sacred festival:
4 For it 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 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:
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 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)
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, O My people, and I will admonish 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 the LORD thy God, who 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 let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in 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 would hearken unto Me, that Israel would walk in My ways!
If, my people, were hearkening unto me, [If, ] Israel, in my ways, would walk,
14 I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn 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 the LORD should dwindle away before Him; and their punishment should endure for ever.
The haters of Yahweh, should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age-abiding!
16 They should also be fed with the fat of wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.'
Then would he feed them from the marrow of the wheat, Yea, out of the rock—with honey, would I satisfy thee.
