Psalms 81
1 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;
For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the wine-presses. Rejoice ye in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.
2 Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp:
Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
3 Blow, at the new moon, the horn, At the full moon, for the day of our sacred festival:
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the glorious day of your feast.
4 For, a statute to Israel, it is, A regulation, by the God of Jacob;
For [this] is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob.
5 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;
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.
6 I took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free.
He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets.
7 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)
Thou didst call upon me in trouble, and I delivered thee; I heard thee in the secret place of the storm: I proved thee at the water of Strife. (Pause)
8 Hear, O my people, and I will adjure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me!
Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel; and I will testify to thee: if thou wilt hearken to me;
9 There shall not be, within thee, a foreign GOD, —Neither shalt thou bow down to a strange GOD:
there shall be no new god in thee; neither shalt thou worship a strange god.
10 I, Yahweh, am thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, —Open wide thy mouth, that I may fill it.
For I am the Lord thy God, that brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 But my people, hearkened not, unto my voice, Even, Israel, inclined not unto me.
But my people hearkened not to my voice; and Israel gave no heed to me.
12 So then I let them go on in the stubbornness of their own heart, They might walk in their own counsels!
So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways.
13 If, my people, were hearkening unto me, [If, ] Israel, in my ways, would walk,
If my people had hearkened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways,
14 Right soon, their foes, would I subdue, And, against their adversaries, would I turn my hand:
I should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them.
15 The haters of Yahweh, should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age-abiding!
The Lord's enemies [should have] lied to him: but their time shall be for ever.
16 Then would he feed them from the marrow of the wheat, Yea, out of the rock—with honey, would I satisfy thee.
And he fed them with the fat of wheat; and satisfied them with honey out of the rock.
