Psalms 81

1 Sing aloud unto Elohim our strength: make a joyful noise unto the Elohim of Jacob.

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

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

Take a psalm, and strike 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 in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

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

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law 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.

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.

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 delivered from the pots.

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

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

There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any 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 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 would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would not obey me.

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

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

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

O that my people had hearkened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

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

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

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

The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves to him: and their time should have endured 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.

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