Psalms 81:2-16 ▼

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

8 Listen, my people, and I will admonish you. Israel, if you would only listen to me!

9 There must not be a strange god among you; you must not bow down to a foreign god.

10 I am the LORD 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 did not obey me.

12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own plans.

13 If only my people would listen to me and Israel would follow my ways,

14 I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.”

15 Those who hate the LORD would cower to him; their doom would last forever.

16 But he would feed Israel with the best wheat. “I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”