Psalms Chapter 81

81 : 1 Sing aloud to God our strength. Make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

81 : 2 Raise a song, and bring here the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

81 : 3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast-day.

81 : 4 For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

81 : 5 He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard a language that I knew not.

81 : 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

81 : 7 Thou called in trouble, and I delivered thee. I answered thee in the secret place of thunder. I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

81 : 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee, O Israel, if thou would hearken to me!

81 : 9 There shall no strange god be in thee, nor shall thou worship any foreign god.

81 : 10 I am Jehovah thy God who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

81 : 11 But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.

81 : 12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.

81 : 13 O that my people would hearken to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

81 : 14 I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

81 : 15 (The haters of Jehovah feign obedience to him, but their time is forever.)

81 : 16 He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat. And I would satisfy thee with honey out of the rock.