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