Psalms 81
New International Version - Psalms 81 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150 81:1 Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob! 81:2 Begin the music, strike the tambourine, play the melodious harp and lyre. 81:3 Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast; 81:4 this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 81:5 He established it as a statute for Joseph when he went out against Egypt, where we heard a language we did not understand. 81:6 He says, 'I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket. 81:7 In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. 81:8 'Hear, O my people, and I will warn you- if you would but listen to me, O Israel! 81:9 You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god. 81:10 I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. 81:11 'But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me. 81:12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. 81:13 'If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways, 81:14 how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes! 81:15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever. 81:16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.'