Psalms 81

LEB(i) 1 For the music director; on the Gittith. Of Asaph.*
Shout out to God our strength; shout joyfully to the God of Jacob. 2 Lift up a song and strike* the tambourine, the pleasant lyre, together with the harp. 3 Blow the horn at new moon, at full moon, for our feast day, 4 because it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5 He made it a statute* in Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, where I heard a language I did not know.* 6 "I removed his shoulder from a burden. His hands were freed from the basket. 7 In this* trouble you called, and I rescued you. Within the secret place of thunder I answered you; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah 8 Hear, O my people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would but listen to me. 9 There shall be no strange god among you, and you shall not bow down to a foreign god. 10 I am Yahweh your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. 11 But my people did not listen to my voice, and Israel did not yield to me. 12 So I let them* go in the stubbornness of their heart; they walked in their counsels. 13 Oh that my people would listen to me; that Israel would walk in my ways. 14 I would subdue their enemies quickly, and turn my hand against their adversaries. 15 Those who hate Yahweh would cringe before him, and their fate* would be forever. 16 But he would feed him* from the choicest wheat,* and I would satisfy you with honey from a rock."