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 psaltery.

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

3 Blow in the month a trumpet, 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 a statute to Israel it [is], An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

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

5 A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, 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 From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.

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

7 In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee 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 thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken 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 thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.

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

10 I [am] Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy 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 hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath 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 hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.

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

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

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

15 Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is — to the age.

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

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

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