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81:1  For the choir director; on the gittith; by Asaph. Sing joyfully to Elohim, our strength. Shout happily to the Elohim of Jacob.
81:2  Begin a psalm, and strike a tambourine. Play lyres and harps with their pleasant music.
81:3  Blow the ram’s horn on the day of the new moon, on the day of the full moon, on our festival days.
81:4  This is a law for Israel, a legal decision from the Elohim of Jacob.
81:5  These are the instructions Elohim set in place for Joseph when Joseph rose to power over Egypt. I heard a message I did not understand:
81:6  “I removed the burden from his shoulder. His hands were freed from the basket.
81:7  When you were in trouble, you called out to me, and I rescued you. I was hidden in thunder, but I answered you. I tested your loyalty at the oasis of Meribah. Selah
81:8  Listen, my people, and I will warn you. Israel, if you would only listen to me!
81:9  Never keep any strange god among you. Never worship a foreign god.
81:10  I am Yahweh your Elohim, the one who brought you out of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
81:11  “But my people did not listen to me. Israel wanted nothing to do with me.
81:12  So I let them go their own stubborn ways and follow their own advice.
81:13  If only my people would listen to me! If only Israel would follow me!
81:14  I would quickly defeat their enemies. I would turn my power against their foes.
81:15  Those who hate Yahweh would cringe in front of him, and their time for punishment would last forever.
81:16  But I would feed Israel with the finest wheat and satisfy them with honey from a rock.”