Psalm 81
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1Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob!1For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.
2Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp.2Lift up a song--play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp.
3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.3Blow the horn on the day of our feasts during the new moon and during the full moon.
4For it is a statute for Israel, a rule of the God of Jacob.4For this is a statute for Israel, a judgment of the God of Jacob.
5He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a language I had not known:5He set it up as an ordinance for Joseph when He went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard an unfamiliar language:"
6“I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket.6I relieved his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from carrying the basket.
7In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me!8Listen, My people, and I will admonish you. Israel, if you would only listen to Me!
9There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god.9There must not be a strange god among you; you must not bow down to a foreign god.
10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.10I am Yahweh your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it."
11“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.11But My people did not listen to Me; Israel did not obey Me.
12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own plans.
13Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!13If only My people would listen to Me and Israel would follow My ways,
14I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.14I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes."
15Those who hate the LORD would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever.15Those who hate the LORD would pretend submission to Him; their doom would last forever.
16But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”16But He would feed Israel with the best wheat." I would satisfy you with honey from the rock."
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