| Chapter 81 |
1 | Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob! |
2 | Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, The pleasant lyre with the harp. |
3 | Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, At the full moon, on our feast day. |
4 | For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. |
5 | He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn't know. |
6 | 'I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket. |
7 | You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.' Selah. |
8 | 'Hear, my people, and I will testify to you. Israel, if you would listen to me! |
9 | There shall be no strange god in you, Neither shall you worship any foreign god. |
10 | I am Yahweh, your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. |
11 | But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me. |
12 | So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, That they might walk in their own counsels. |
13 | Oh that my people would listen to me, That Israel would walk in my ways! |
14 | I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries. |
15 | The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, And their punishment would last forever. |
16 | But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.' Psalm 82 A Psalm by Asaph. |