Psalms 81

1 For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the wine presses. Rejoice you in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.

Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself. Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.

2 Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant lute with the harp.

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

3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the glorious day of your feast.

Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the noted day of your solemnity.

4 For [this] is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob.

For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob.

5 He made it [to be] a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Egypt: he heard a language which he understood not.

He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.

6 He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets.

He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets.

7 You did call upon me in trouble, and I delivered you; I heard you in the secret place of the storm: I proved you at the water of Strife. (Pause)

Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I delivered thee: I heard thee in the secret place of tempest: I proved thee at the waters of contradiction.

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

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

9 there shall be no new god in you; neither shall you worship a strange god.

There shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.

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

For 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 listened not to my voice; and Israel gave no heed to me.

But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.

12 So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways.

So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in their own inventions.

13 If my people had listened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways,

If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my ways:

14 I should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them.

I should soon have humbled their enemies, and laid my hand on them that troubled them.

15 The Lord's enemies [should have] lied to him: but their time shall be for ever.

The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be for ever.

16 And he fed them with the fat of wheat; and satisfied them with honey out of the rock.

And he fed them with the fat of wheat, and filled them with honey out of the rock.