Psalms 81 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 For the choir director. According to the Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; Make a loud shout to the God of Jacob. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob! For the director of music. According to gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
2 Lift up a song of praise, strike the tambourine, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp. Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.
3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day. Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;
4 For it is a statute for Israel, A judgment of the God of Jacob. For it is a statute for Israel, a rule of the God of Jacob. this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went forth over the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know: He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a language I had not known: When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say:
6 “I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket. “I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket. “I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
7 You called in distress and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah. In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
8 Hear, O My people, and I will testify against you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me! Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me! Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel!
9 Let there be no strange god among you; And you shall not worship a foreign god. There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god. You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not worship any god other than me.
10 I am Yahweh your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
11 “But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel was not willing to obey Me. “But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. “But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.
12 So I released them over to the stubbornness of their heart, That they would walk in their own devices. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
13 Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways! Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! “If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways,
14 I would quickly subdue their enemies And I would turn My hand against their adversaries. I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes. how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!
15 Those who hate Yahweh would cower before Him, And their time of punishment would be forever. Those who hate the LORD would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever. Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
16 But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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