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81:1  To the Chief Musician; set to the Philistine lute. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; Shout for joy to the God of Jacob (Israel).
81:2  Raise a song, sound the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
81:3  Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.
81:4  For this is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
81:5  He established it for a testimony in Joseph When He went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard the language [of One whom] I did not know, saying,
81:6  “I removed the burden from his shoulder; His hands were freed from the basket.
81:7  “You called in [the time of] trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
81:8  “Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you— O Israel, if you would listen to Me!
81:9  “Let there be no strange god among you, Nor shall you worship any 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 would not listen to My voice, And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me.
81:12  “So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in [the path of] their own counsel.
81:13  “Oh, that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!
81:14  “Then I would quickly subdue and humble their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries;
81:15  Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him and cringe before Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.
81:16  “But I would feed Israel with the finest of the wheat; And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”