81:1 For the director of music. According to gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
81:2 Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.
81:3 Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;
81:4 this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
81:5 When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say:
81:6 "I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
81:7 In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
81:8 Hear me, my people, and I will warn you-- if you would only listen to me, Israel!
81:9 You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not worship any god other than me.
81:10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
81:11 "But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.
81:12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
81:13 "If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways,
81:14 how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!
81:15 Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
81:16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
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