Psalms 81:1 (ASV)
Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

Psalms 81:2 (ASV)
Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.

Psalms 81:3 (ASV)
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.

Psalms 81:4 (ASV)
For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Psalms 81:5 (ASV)
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.

Psalms 81:6 (ASV)
I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.

Psalms 81:7 (ASV)
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

Psalms 81:8 (ASV)
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

Psalms 81:9 (ASV)
There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

Psalms 81:10 (ASV)
I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Psalms 81:11 (ASV)
But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.

Psalms 81:12 (ASV)
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.

Psalms 81:13 (ASV)
Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!

Psalms 81:14 (ASV)
I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.

Psalms 81:15 (ASV)
The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.

Psalms 81:16 (ASV)
He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.
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