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 Israel regards it as a statute , 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, He freed His hands 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 you have no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god. |
81:10 " I, the LORD, proclaim Myself 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 extend forever. |
81:16 "But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you." |