Psalms 81

1 “To the chief musician upon Gittith; by Assaph.” Sing aloud unto God our strength: shout joyfully unto the God of Jacob.

2 Lift up psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

3 Blow on the new moon the cornet, at the time appointed, on the day of our feast.

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

5 As a testimony in Joseph did he ordain it, when he went out over the land of Egypt. The language of one I had not known did I hear.

6 I removed from the burden his shoulder: his hands left behind the burden-basket.

7 In distress thou didst call, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret of the thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)

8 Hear, O my people, and I will give warning unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldst but hearken unto me!

9 There shall not be among thee a foreign God; nor shalt thou bow thyself down to any strange God.

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

11 But my people did not hearken to my voice; and Israel was not willing [to follow] me.

12 So I let them go in the stubbornness of their own hearts: and they walked in their own counsels.

13 Oh that my people would hearken unto me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

14 In a little while would I subdue their enemies, and against their adversaries would I turn my hand.

15 The haters of the Lord should offer flattery unto him; but their time should endure for ever.

16 And he would feed him with the best of wheat: and out of the rock would I satisfy thee with honey.