Psalms 81 — ASV

For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.

81Verse 1Sing aloud unto God our strength:
Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
^{Verse 2}Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel,
The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
^{Verse 3}Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
At the full moon, on our feast-day.
^{Verse 4}For it is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
^{Verse 5}He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony,
When he went out over the land of Egypt,
Where I heard a language that I knew not.
^{Verse 6}I removed his shoulder from the burden:
His hands were freed from the basket.
^{Verse 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
^{Verse 8}Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee:
O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
^{Verse 9}There shall no strange god be in thee;
Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
^{Verse 10}I am Jehovah thy God,
Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt:
Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
^{Verse 11}But my people hearkened not to my voice;
And Israel would none of me.
^{Verse 12}So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart,
That they might walk in their own counsels.
^{Verse 13}Oh that my people would hearken unto me,
That Israel would walk in my ways!
^{Verse 14}I would soon subdue their enemies,
And turn my hand against their adversaries.
^{Verse 15}The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him:
But their time should endure for ever.
^{Verse 16}He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat;
And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.