| Chapter
81 |
| 1 | Sing
aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. |
| 2 | Take a psalm, and bring
hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. |
| 3 | Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in
the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. |
| 4 | For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God
of Jacob. |
| 5 | This 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
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. |
| 8 | Hear, O my people, and I
will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; |
| 9 | There shall no strange god be in
thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. |
|
10 | I 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 would not hearken to my
voice; and Israel would none of me. |
|
12 | So 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, and Israel had walked in my
ways! |
| 14 | I should soon
have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. |
| 15 | The haters of the LORD
should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured
for ever. |
| 16 | He should
have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock
should I have satisfied thee. |
