81:1 To the Chief Musician. On Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob. |
81:2 Take up a melody, and strike the drum, the pleasant lyre with the harp. |
81:3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, also at the full moon, on our solemn feast day, |
81:4 For this was a statute for Israel, a law of the God of Jacob. |
81:5 This He ordained in Joseph for a testimony when He went forth against the land of Egypt; I heard a language that I understood not: |
81:6 "I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were delivered from the pots. |
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 hearken to Me, |
81:9 There shall be no strange god among you; nor shall you worship any strange 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 hearken to My voice, and Israel would have none of Me. |
81:12 So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their own hearts; and they walked in their own conceits. |
81:13 Oh, that My people had hearkened unto Me, and Israel had walked in My ways! |
81:14 I would soon have subdued their enemies, and would have turned My hand against their adversaries. |
81:15 The haters of the LORD should dwindle away before Him, and their punishment should endure forever. |
81:16 And they also would have been fed with the finest of wheat; and with honey out of the rock I would have satisfied them." |