Psalm 81

Israel is commanded to sing praises to God—If the Israelites had walked in the Lord’s ways, they would have triumphed over their enemies.

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.

 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 atrumpet 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 alanguage that I understood not.

 6 I removed his shoulder from the aburden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

 7 Thou calledst in atrouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret bplace of thunder: I cproved thee at the waters of dMeribah. 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 agave them up unto their own hearts’ blust: and they walked in their own counsels.

 13 Oh that my people had ahearkened 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 asubmitted 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.