Psalms 81:1-7 ▼

1 For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph. ”8224; Sing for joy to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

2 Lift up a song—play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp.

3 Blow the ram’s horn on the day of our feasts during the new moon and during the full moon.

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

5 He set it up as a decree for Joseph when he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard an unfamiliar language:

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

7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the Waters of Meribah. Selah