NASB95 Psalms 81 Chapter
81:1
Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.
81:2
Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
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 established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know:
81:6
"I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.
81:7
"You called in trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
81:8
"Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me!
81:9
"Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
81:10
"I, the Lord, am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
81:11
"But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not obey Me.
81:12
"So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices.
81:13
"Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!
81:14
"I would quickly subdue their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries.
81:15
"Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.
81:16
"But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."