Psalms 81

1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

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;

2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp:

3 Blow the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

Blow, at the new moon, the horn, At the full moon, for the day of our sacred festival:

4 For this [was] a statute for Israel, [and] a law of the God of Jacob.

For, a statute to Israel, it is, A regulation, by the God of Jacob;

5 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.

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;

6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

I took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free.

7 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)

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)

8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee; O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me;

Hear, O my people, and I will adjure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me!

9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

There shall not be, within thee, a foreign GOD, —Neither shalt thou bow down to a strange GOD:

10 I [am] the LORD thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

I, Yahweh, am thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, —Open wide thy mouth, that I may fill it.

11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would not obey me.

But my people, hearkened not, unto my voice, Even, Israel, inclined not unto me.

12 So I gave them up to their own hearts lust: [and] they walked in their own counsels.

So then I let them go on in the stubbornness of their own heart, They might walk in their own counsels!

13 O that my people had hearkened to me, [and] Israel had walked in my ways!

If, my people, were hearkening unto me, [If, ] Israel, in my ways, would walk,

14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

Right soon, their foes, would I subdue, And, against their adversaries, would I turn my hand:

15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves to him: and their time should have endured for ever.

The haters of Yahweh, should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age-abiding!

16 He would have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock I should have satisfied thee.

Then would he feed them from the marrow of the wheat, Yea, out of the rock—with honey, would I satisfy thee.