Psalms 81
1 Sing aloud unto Elohim our strength: make a joyful noise unto the Elohim 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 a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp:
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
Blow, at the new moon, the horn, At the full moon, for the day of our sacred festival:
4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the Elohim of Jacob.
For, a statute to Israel, it is, A regulation, by 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.
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 delivered from the pots.
I took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free.
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)
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 testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt 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 elohim be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange el.
There shall not be, within thee, a foreign GOD, —Neither shalt thou bow down to a strange GOD:
10 I am YHWH thy Elohim, 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 hearken 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 gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked 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 had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
If, my people, were hearkening unto me, [If, ] Israel, in my ways, would walk,
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned 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 YHWH should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
The haters of Yahweh, should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age-abiding!
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.
Then would he feed them from the marrow of the wheat, Yea, out of the rock—with honey, would I satisfy thee.
