Psalm 81

1 To the Overseer. — ‘On the Gittith.’ By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.YLT — Psalm 81:1

2 Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.YLT — Psalm 81:2

3 Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,YLT — Psalm 81:3

4 For a statute to Israel it [is], An ordinance of the God of Jacob.YLT — Psalm 81:4

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.YLT — Psalm 81:5

6 From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.YLT — Psalm 81:6

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.YLT — Psalm 81:7

8 Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:YLT — Psalm 81:8

9 There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.YLT — Psalm 81:9

10 I [am] Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it.YLT — Psalm 81:10

11 But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.YLT — Psalm 81:11

12 And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.YLT — Psalm 81:12

13 O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.YLT — Psalm 81:13

14 As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,YLT — Psalm 81:14

15 Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is — to the age.YLT — Psalm 81:15

16 He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And [with] honey from a rock I satisfy thee!YLT — Psalm 81:16