Psalms 81

1 To the Overseer. — 'On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.⋮

2 Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.⋮

3 Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,⋮

4 For a statute to Israel it is, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.⋮

5 A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known — I hear.⋮

6 From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.⋮

7 In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah.⋮

8 Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:⋮

9 There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.⋮

10 I am Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it.⋮

11 But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.⋮

12 And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.⋮

13 O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.⋮

14 As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,⋮

15 Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is — to the age.⋮

16 He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And with honey from a rock I satisfy thee!⋮