Psalms 81
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Psalms 81
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For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. | To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith. Of Asaph.Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob. |
Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery. | Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments. |
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day. | Let the horn be sounded in the time of the new moon, at the full moon, on our holy feast-day: |
For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. | For this is a rule for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. |
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. | He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears. |
I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket. | I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets. |
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 | You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.) |
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me! | Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say! |
There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god. | There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god. |
I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. | I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food. |
But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me. | But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me. |
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels. | So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes. |
Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways! | If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways! |
I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries. | I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them. |
The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever. | The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their destruction would be eternal. |
He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee. | I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock. |