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Psalm 81 - New International Version, 2011 bible

Psalm 81

¹For the director of music. According to gittith. [151] Of Asaph. [1] Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!

²Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.

³Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;

⁴this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

⁵When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say:

⁶“I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.

⁷In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. [152]

⁸Hear me, my people, and I will warn you — if you would only listen to me, Israel!

⁹You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not worship any god other than me.

¹⁰I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.

¹¹“But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.

¹²So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

¹³“If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways,

¹⁴how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!

¹⁵Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

¹⁶But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”