Psalms 81

1 TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. BY ASAPH. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.

To him that excelleth upon Gittith. A Psalme committed to Asaph. Sing ioyfully vnto God our strength: sing loude vnto the God of Iaakob.

2 Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with stringed instrument.

Take the song and bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harpe with the viole.

3 Blow a horn in the month, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,

Blowe the trumpet in the newe moone, euen in the time appointed, at our feast day.

4 For it [is] a statute to Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

For this is a statute for Israel, and a Law of the God of Iaakob.

5 He has placed it—a testimony on Joseph, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known—I hear.

Hee set this in Ioseph for a testimonie, when hee came out of the land of Egypt, where I heard a language, that I vnderstoode not.

6 I turned aside his shoulder from the burden, His hands pass over from the basket.

I haue withdrawen his shoulder from the burden, and his handes haue left the pots.

7 In distress you have called and I deliver you, I answer you in the secret place of thunder, I try you by the waters of Meribah. (Selah)

Thou calledst in affliction and I deliuered thee, and answered thee in the secret of the thunder: I prooued thee at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)

8 Hear, O My people, and I testify to you, O Israel, if you listen to me:

Heare, O my people, and I wil protest vnto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken vnto me,

9 There is not in you a strange god, And you do not bow yourself to a strange god.

Let there bee no strange god in thee, neither worship thou any strange god.

10 I [am] your God YHWH, Who brings you up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge your mouth, and I fill it.

For I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide and I will fill it.

11 But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel has not consented to Me.

But my people would not heare my voyce, and Israel would none of me.

12 And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.

So I gaue them vp vnto the hardnesse of their heart, and they haue walked in their owne cousels.

13 O that My people were listening to Me, Israel would walk in My ways.

Oh that my people had hearkened vnto me, and Israel had walked in my wayes.

14 As a little thing I cause their enemies to bow, And I turn back My hand against their adversaries,

I would soone haue humbled their enemies, and turned mine hand against their aduersaries.

15 Those hating YHWH should have feigned [obedience] to Him, And their time would last for all time.

The haters of the Lord should haue bene subiect vnto him, and their time should haue endured for euer.

16 He causes him to eat of the fat of wheat, And I satisfy you [with] honey from a rock!

And God would haue fedde them with the fatte of wheat, and with honie out of the rocke would I haue sufficed thee.