PSALM 81
To the chief Musician upon Gittith,
A Psalm of Asapha.
1 Sing
aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the
psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time
appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a
statute for Israel, and a law 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 understood not. 6
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the
pots. 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
Meribahb.
Selah.
8Hear, O
my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto
me; 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou
worship any strange god. 10 I am the LORD thy God, which
brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill
it. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel
would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’
lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my
people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! 14
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their
adversaries. 15 The haters of the LORD should have submittedc
themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. 16
He should have fed them also with the finestd of the wheat: and with
honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
The Holy Bible
King James Version
The Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995. Oak
Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
a of
Asaph: or, for Asaph
b
Meribah: or, Strife
c submitted...:
or, yielded feigned obedience: Heb. lied
d finest...:
Heb. fat of wheat