Psalms 81 {To the Chanter, upon Gittith, of Asaph} Sing merrily unto God, our strength; make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob.

MSTC⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ {To the Chanter, upon Gittith, of Asaph} Sing merrily unto God, our strength; make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob. ² Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret, the merry harp with the lute. ³ Blow up the trumpets in the new moon, upon our solemn feast day. ⁴ For this was made a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. ⁵ This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he came out of Egypt, and had heard a strange language. ⁶ "I eased his shoulder from the burden, and his hands were delivered from making the pots. ⁷ When thou calledest upon me in trouble, I delivered thee, and heard thee, what time as the storm fell upon thee. I proved thee also at the waters of strife. Selah. ⁸ Hear, O my people; for I assure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me. ⁹ There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any other god. ¹⁰ I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I shall fill it. ¹¹ But my people would not hear my voice; and Israel would not obey me. ¹² So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust, and let them follow their own imaginations. ¹³ O that my people would obey me! For if Israel would walk in my ways, ¹⁴ I should soon have put down their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. ¹⁵ The haters of the LORD should have been found liars; but their time should have endured for ever. ¹⁶ He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-flour; and with honey out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee."