Psalms 81 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 To the overseer upon the stringed instrument; to Asaph. Rejoice ye in God our strength: 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 music, and ye shall give the drum, the pleasant harp, with the lyre. 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 Strike ye the trumpet in the new in the full moon, for the day of our festival. 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 law to Israel, a judgment to 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 set him a testimony in Joseph in his going forth upon the land of Egypt: I shall hear a lip I knew not. 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 removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands shall past by 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 Thou calledst in straits, and I will deliver thee; I will answer thee in the hiding place of thunder. I will prove thee at the water of strife. Silence. 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 in thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hear 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 A strange god shall not be in thee; and thou shalt not worship to a strange 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 Jehovah thy God bringing thee up from the land of Egypt: make broad thy mouth 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 And my people heard not to my voice; and Israel was not inclined to 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 And I will send him forth in the hardnesses of their heart: they shall go in their counsels. 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 Would that my people heard to me! Israel shall go 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 Shortly I shall humble their enemies, and against their adversaries I will turn back my hand. 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 They hating Jehovah shall lie to him: and their time shall 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 And he shall cause them to eat from the fat of wheat, and from the rock with honey will I satisfy thee. 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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