Psalm 81

1. 1

   Sing with joy to God our strength *
   and raise a loud shout to the God of Jacob.

2. 2

   Raise a song and sound the timbrel, *
   the merry harp, and the lyre.

3. 3

   Blow the ram's-horn at the new moon, *
   and at the full moon, the day of our feast.

4. 4

   For this is a statute for Israel, *
   a law of the God of Jacob.

5. 5

   He laid it as a solemn charge upon Joseph, *
   when he came out of the land of Egypt.

6. 6

   I heard an unfamiliar voice saying, *
   "I eased his shoulder from the burden; his hands were set free from bearing the load."

7. 7

   You called on me in trouble, and I saved you; *
   I answered you from the secret place of thunder and tested you at the waters of Meribah.

8. 8

   Hear, O my people, and I will admonish you: *
   O Israel, if you would but listen to me!

9. 9

   There shall be no strange god among you; *
   you shall not worship a foreign god.

10. 10

    I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and said, *
    "Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it."

11. 11

    And yet my people did not hear my voice, *
    and Israel would not obey me.

12. 12

    So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their hearts, *
    to follow their own devices.

13. 13

    Oh, that my people would listen to me! *
    that Israel would walk in my ways!

14. 14

    I should soon subdue their enemies *
    and turn my hand against their foes.

15. 15

    Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, *
    and their punishment would last for ever.

16. 16

    But Israel would I feed with the finest wheat *
    and satisfy him with honey from the rock.

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