Psalms Chapter 81 World English Bible

Psalms 81:1

> Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!

Psalms 81:2

Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, The pleasant lyre with the harp.

Psalms 81:3

Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.

Psalms 81:4

For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Psalms 81:5

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn't know.

Psalms 81:6

"I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

Psalms 81:7

You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah." Selah.

Psalms 81:8

"Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!

Psalms 81:9

There shall be no strange god in you, Neither shall you worship any foreign god.

Psalms 81:10

I am Yahweh, your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Psalms 81:11

But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

Psalms 81:12

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, That they might walk in their own counsels.

Psalms 81:13

Oh that my people would listen to me, That Israel would walk in my ways!

Psalms 81:14

I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.

Psalms 81:15

The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, And their punishment would last forever.

Psalms 81:16

But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock."