ASV Psalms 81 Chapter
81:1
Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
81:2
Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
81:3
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.
81:4
For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
81:5
He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, [Where] I heard a language that I knew not.
81:6
I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.
81:7
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. [Selah]
81:8
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
81:9
There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
81:10
I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
81:11
But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.
81:12
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.
81:13
Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
81:14
I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
81:15
The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.
81:16
He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.