81:1 For the leader; “upon the gittith.” Of Asaph.
81:2 Sing joyfully to God our strength; raise loud shouts to the God of Jacob!
81:3 Take up a melody, sound the timbrel, the pleasant lyre with a harp.
81:4 Blow the shofar at the new moon, at the full moon, on our solemn feast.
81:5 For this is a law for Israel, an edict of the God of Jacob,
81:6 He made it a decree for Joseph when he came out of the land of Egypt.
81:7 I heard a tongue I did not know: “I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands moved away from the basket.
81:8 In distress you called and I rescued you; I answered you in secret with thunder; At the waters of Meribah I tested you:
81:9 ‘Listen, my people, I will testify against you Selah If only you will listen to me, Israel!
81:10 There shall be no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god.
81:11 ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth that I may fill it.’
81:12 But my people did not listen to my words; Israel would not submit to me.
81:13 So I thrust them away to the hardness of their heart; ‘Let them walk in their own machinations.’
81:14 O that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways,
81:15 In a moment I would humble their foes, and turn back my hand against their oppressors.
81:16 Those who hate the Lord will try flattering him, but their fate is fixed forever.
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