Psalm 81

Revised Version 1895

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.

3Blow upH5375 the 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.

5He appointedH2706 it in Joseph for testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt: where I heardH3588 a language that I knew notH3588.

6I removedH3318 his 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 will testifyH6030 unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto meH5921!

9There shall noH518 strange god be in thee; neitherH518 shalt thou worshipH3478 any strange god.

10I am the LORD thy GodH410, which broughtH1961 thee upH1961 out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11But my peopleH776 hearkened notH776 to my voice; and Israel would none of meH5927.

12SoH3808 I letH3808 them go after the stubbornness of their heartH8085, that they might walk in their own counsels.

13Oh that my peopleH3820 would hearken unto meH7971, 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 submit themselvesH5921 unto him: but their time should endure for everH7725.

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