Revised Version 1895

Psalms 81

For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.

1Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

2Take up the psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

3Blowupשְֽׂאוּ־se.'u-H5375the trumpet in the new moon, at the full moon, on our solemn feast day.

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

5Heappointedחֹ֣קchokH2706it in Joseph for testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt: where IheardH3588a language that I knewnotH3588.

6Iremovedבְּ֭צֵאתוֹbe.tze.toH3318his shoulder from the burden: his hands were freed from the basket.

7Thou calledst in trouble, and I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah

8Hear, O my people, and I willtestifyאֶ֭עֶנְךָ'E.'en.khaH6030unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken untomeעַל־'al-H5921!

9There shallnoH518strange god be in thee;neitherH518shalt thouworshipיִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478any strange god.

10I am the LORD thyGodH410, whichbroughtH1961theeupH1961out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11But mypeopleH776hearkenednotH776to my voice; and Israel would none ofmeהַֽ֭מַּעַלְךָHa.ma.'al.khaH5927.

12Soוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808Iletלֹא־lo'-H3808them go after the stubbornness of theirheartשָׁמַ֣עsha.Ma'H8085, that they might walk in their own counsels.

13Oh that mypeopleלִבָּ֑םli.BamH3820would hearken untomeוָֽ֭אֲשַׁלְּחֵהוּVa.'a.sha.le.che.huH7971, that Israel would walk in my ways!

14I should soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

15The haters of the LORD should submitthemselvesוְעַ֥לve.'AlH5921unto him: but their time should endure foreverאָשִׁ֥יב'a.ShivH7725.

16He should feed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I satisfy thee.

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain