Psalms 81

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

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

2 Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.

2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day:

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

4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of theGod of Jacob;

4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

5 He ordained it in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went forth over the land of Egypt, [where] I 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.

6 I 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.

7 Thou 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.

8 Hear, 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;

9 There shall no strangegod be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreigngod.

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

10 I am Jehovah thyGod, that 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.

11 But 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.

12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.

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

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

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

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

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

15 The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.

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

16 And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied 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.