Psalms 81

God’s Goodness and Israel’s Waywardness.

For the choir director; Or according toon the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.

11SingH7442 for joyH7442 to GodH430 our 2strengthH5797; ShoutH7321 3joyfullyH7321 to the 4GodH430 of JacobH3290.2RaiseH5375 a songH2172, strikeH5414 5the timbrelH8596, The sweetH5273 soundingH5273 6lyreH3658 with the 7harpH5035.3BlowH8628 the trumpetH7782 at the 8newH2320 moonH2320, At the fullH3677 moonH3677, on our 9feastH2282 dayH3117.4For it is a statuteH2706 for IsraelH3478, An ordinanceH4941 of the GodH430 of JacobH3290.5He establishedH7760 it for a testimonyH5715 in JosephH3130 When he 1011wentH3318 throughoutH5921 the landH776 of EgyptH4714. I heardH8085 a 12languageH8193 that I did not knowH3045:

6“I 1314relievedH5493 his shoulderH7926 of the burdenH5447, His handsH3709 were freedH5674 from the 15basketH1731.7You 16calledH7121 in troubleH6869 and I rescuedH2502 you; I 17answeredH6030 you in the hidingH5643 placeH5643 of thunderH7482; I provedH974 you at the 18watersH4325 of MeribahH4809. 19SelahH5542.820HearH8085, O My peopleH5971, and I will 21admonishH5749 you; O IsraelH3478, ifH518 you 22would listenH8085 to Me!9Let there be noH3808 23strangeH2114 godH410 among you; NorH3808 shall you worshipH7812 any foreignH5236 godH410.1024I, the LordH3068, am your GodH430, Who broughtH5927 you up from the landH776 of EgyptH4714; 25OpenH7337 your mouthH6310 wideH7337 and I will 26fillH4390 it.

11“But My peopleH5971 27did not listenH8085 to My voiceH6963, And IsraelH3478 did not 28obeyH14 Me.12So I 29gaveH7971 30them overH7971 to the stubbornnessH8307 of their heartH3820, To walkH1980 in their own devicesH4156.13OhH3863 that My peopleH5971 31would listenH8085 to Me, That IsraelH3478 would 32walkH1980 in My waysH1870!14I would quicklyH4592 33subdueH3665 their enemiesH340 And 34turnH7725 My handH3027 againstH5921 their adversariesH6862.1535Those who hateH8130 the LordH3068 would 36pretendH3584 obedienceH3584 to Him, And their timeH6256 of punishment would be foreverH5769.1637But I would feedH398 you with the 3839finestH2459 of the wheatH2406, And with 40honeyH1706 from the rockH6697 I would satisfyH7646 you.”