Psalms 81

1 For the chief musician; set to the Gittith style. A psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout out for joy to the God of Jacob.

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

2 Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.

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

3 Blow the trumpet on the day of the new moon, on the day of the full moon, when our feast day begins.

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

4 For it is a statute for Israel, a decree given by the God of Jacob.

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

5 He issued it as a regulation in Joseph when he went against the land of Egypt, where I heard a voice that I did not recognize:

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.

6 “I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were freed from holding the basket.

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

7 In your distress you called out, and I helped you; I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)

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)

8 Listen, my people, for I will warn you, Israel, if you would only listen to me!

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

9 There must be no foreign god among you; you must not worship any foreign god.

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

10 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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

11 But my people did not listen to my words; Israel did not obey me.

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

12 So I gave them over to their own stubborn way so that they might do what seemed right to them.

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

13 Oh, that my people would listen to me; oh, that my people would walk in my paths.

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

14 Then I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their oppressors.

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

15 May those who hate Yahweh cringe in fear before him! May they be humiliated forever.

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

16 I would feed Israel with the finest wheat; I would satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”

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