Psalm 81

Jubilee Bible 2000

To the Overcomer upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.

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

² Take the song and play the timbrel, the harp of joy with the psaltery.

³ Blow the shofar in the new moon in the time appointed on our solemn feast day.

⁴ For this is a statute of Israel and an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

⁵ This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt where I heard a language that I did not understand.

⁶ I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were delivered from working with clay.

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

⁸ ¶ Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me,

⁹ no strange god shall be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

¹⁰ I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people did not hearken to my voice, and Israel did not love me.

¹² So I gave them up unto the hardness of their heart, and they walked in their own counsels.

¹³ Oh, if my people would hearken unto me and Israel would walk in my ways!

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

¹⁵ The haters of the LORD would have submitted themselves unto him, and their time would endure for ever.

¹⁶ And God would have fed them also the finest of the wheat, and with honey out of the rock I would have satisfied thee.