Psalms 81

1 SING aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob;

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

Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.

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 set time, on our feast day:

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

For this 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 ordained it in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went forth 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 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)

Thou calledst 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 unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

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

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

10 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 am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11 But my people would not hearken 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 unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.

13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways!

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

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

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

The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.

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

And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.