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81:1  For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.
81:2  Lift up a song—play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp.
81:3  Blow the ram’s horn on the day of our feasts during the new moon and during the full moon.
81:4  For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
81:5  He set it up as a decree for Joseph when he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard an unfamiliar language:
81:6  “I relieved his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from carrying the basket.
81:7  You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the Waters of Meribah.Selah
81:8  Listen, my people, and I will admonish you. Israel, if you would only listen to me!
81:9  There must not be a strange god among you; you must not bow down to a foreign god.
81:10  I am the Lord your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
81:11  “But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel did not obey me.
81:12  So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own plans.
81:13  If only my people would listen to me and Israel would follow my ways,
81:14  I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.”
81:15  Those who hate the Lord would cower to him; their doom would last forever.
81:16  But he would feed Israel with the best wheat. “I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”