Psalms81

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(Psa 81:1) Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
(Psa 81:2) Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
(Psa 81:3) Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
(Psa 81:4) For this {was} a statute for Israel, {and} a law of the God of Jacob.
(Psa 81:5) 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.
(Psa 81:6) I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
(Psa 81:7) 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.
(Psa 81:8) Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
(Psa 81:9) There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
(Psa 81:10) I {am} the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
(Psa 81:11) But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
(Psa 81:12) So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: {and} they walked in their own counsels.
(Psa 81:13) Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, {and} Israel had walked in my ways!
(Psa 81:14) I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
(Psa 81:15) The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
(Psa 81:16) He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
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