81:1  

To the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of Asaph.

81:2  Raise a song and strike the timbrel,
The pleasant harp with the lute.

81:3  Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon,
At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.

81:4  For this is a statute for Israel,
A law of the God of Jacob.

81:5  This He established in Joseph as a testimony,
When He went throughout the land of Egypt,
Where I heard a language I did not understand.

81:6  “I removed his shoulder from the burden;
His hands were freed from the baskets.

81:7  You called in trouble, and I delivered you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

81:8  'Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you!
O Israel, if you will listen to Me!

81:9  There shall be no foreign god among you;
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

81:10  I am the LORD your God,
Who brought you out of the land of Egypt;
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

81:11  'But My people would not heed My voice,
And Israel would have none of Me.

81:12  So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart,
To walk in their own counsels.

81:13  “Oh, that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!

81:14  I would soon subdue their enemies,
And turn My hand against their adversaries.

81:15  The haters of the LORD would pretend submission to Him,
But their fate would endure forever.

81:16  He would have fed them also with the finest of wheat;
And with honey from the rock I would have satisfied you.'