Psalms 81

1 Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

Sing aloud to God our strength. Make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

2 Take a psalm, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

Raise a song, and bring here the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast-day.

4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

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

5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard a language that I knew not.

6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

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

7 You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder: I proved you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)

Thou called in trouble, and I delivered thee. I answered thee in the secret place of thunder. I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)

8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify to you: O Israel, if you will listen to me;

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

9 There shall no strange god be in you; neither shall you worship any strange god.

There shall no strange god be in thee, nor shall thou worship any foreign god.

10 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

I am Jehovah thy God who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11 But my people would not listen to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.

12 So I gave them up to their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

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

13 Oh that my people had listened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

O that my people would hearken to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

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

15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves to him: but their time should have endured for ever.

(The haters of Jehovah feign obedience to him, but their time is forever.)

16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied you.

He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat. And I would satisfy thee with honey out of the rock.