Psalms 81

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

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.

2Take a psalm, 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.

3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

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

4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law 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.

5This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

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

6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

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

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!

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

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

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

10I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee 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.

11But my people would not hearken 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.

12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

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

13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

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

14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

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

15The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

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

16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.