Psalmorum 81

1 in finem pro torcularibus Asaph exultate Deo adiutori nostro iubilate Deo Iacob

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

2 sumite psalmum et date tympanum psalterium iucundum cum cithara

Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.

3 bucinate in neomenia tuba in insigni die sollemnitatis nostrae

Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.

4 quia praeceptum Israhel est et iudicium Dei Iacob

For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5 testimonium in Ioseph posuit illud cum exiret de terra Aegypti linguam quam non noverat audivit

He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:

6 devertit ab oneribus dorsum eius manus eius in cofino servierunt

“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

7 in tribulatione invocasti me et liberavi te exaudivi te in abscondito tempestatis probavi te apud aquam Contradictionis diapsalma

You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.

8 audi populus meus et contestabor te Israhel si audias me

Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!

9 non erit in te deus recens nec adorabis deum alienum

There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.

10 ego enim sum Dominus Deus tuus qui eduxi te de terra Aegypti dilata os tuum et implebo illud

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

11 et non audivit populus meus vocem meam et Israhel non intendit mihi

But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

12 et dimisi illos secundum desideria cordis eorum ibunt in adinventionibus suis

So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

13 si populus meus audisset me Israhel si in viis meis ambulasset

If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

14 pro nihilo forsitan inimicos eorum humiliassem et super tribulantes eos misissem manum meam

how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!

15 inimici Domini mentiti sunt ei et erit tempus eorum in saeculo

Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.

16 et cibavit illos ex adipe frumenti et de petra melle saturavit illos

But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”