Psalms · Chapter 81
Psalms 81
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Sing for Joy to God Our Strength
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith.179 Of Asaph.
1Sing for joy to God our strength;make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine,play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon,and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
4For this is a statute for Israel,an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5He ordained it as a testimony for Josephwhen he went out over the land of Egypt,where I heard an unfamiliar language:*
6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden;his hands were freed from the basket.
7You called out in distress, and I rescued you;I answered you from the cloud of thunder;I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah*
8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you:O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
9There must be no strange god among you,nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
10I am the LORD your God,who brought you up out of Egypt.Open wide your mouth,and I will fill it.
11But My people would not listen to Me,and Israel would not obey Me.
12So I gave them up to their stubborn heartsto follow their own devices.
13If only My people would listen to Me,if Israel would follow My ways,
14how soon I would subdue their enemiesand turn My hand against their foes!
15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience,and their doom would last forever.
16But I would feed you the finest wheat;with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Source notes
- 81:5 Or in Joseph
- 81:7 Meribah means quarreling; see Exodus 17:7. Read Exodus 17:7