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Psalms 81

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1Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

2Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.

3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.

4For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, WhereI heard a language that I knew not.

6I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.

7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. [Selah

8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

9There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

10I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.

12So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.

13Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!

14I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.

15The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.

16He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.

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Parallel translations · Psalms 81:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

To the Overseer. --`On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

Sing ye joyously untoGod our strength, shout aloud unto theGod of Jacob;

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Key cross-references

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Psalms 81:1.

  • Psalms 33:1

    Rejoice in Jehovah, O ye righteous: Praise is comely for the upright.

  • Psalms 18:1

    I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

  • Psalms 28:7

    Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.

  • Psalms 67:4

    Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For thou wilt judge the peoples with equity, And govern the nations upon earth. [Selah

  • Psalms 8:1

    O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!

  • Psalms 100:1

    Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all ye lands.

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Psalms 82

"God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods."