Psalm 81

1. 1

   To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

2. 2

   Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

3. 3

   Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

4. 4

   For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

5. 5

   This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

6. 6

   I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

7. 7

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

8. 8

   Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

9. 9

   There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

10. 10

    I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11. 11

    But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

12. 12

    So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

13. 13

    Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

14. 14

    I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

15. 15

    The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

16. 16

    He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

Wording: The Holy Bible, King James Version, 1611 (standard text of 1769). Copied word for word from the edition named here

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