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;
SING aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2 Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp:
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3 Blow, at the new moon, the horn, At the full moon, for the day of our sacred festival:
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
4 For, a statute to Israel, it is, A regulation, by the God of Jacob;
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law 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;
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 took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free.
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
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 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)
8 Hear, O my people, and I will adjure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me!
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
9 There shall not be, within thee, a foreign GOD, —Neither shalt thou bow down to a strange GOD:
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any 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.
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, hearkened not, unto my voice, Even, Israel, inclined not unto me.
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of 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 gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
13 If, my people, were hearkening unto me, [If, ] Israel, in my ways, would walk,
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and 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 soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
15 The haters of Yahweh, should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age-abiding!
The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured 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.
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
