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According to the Gittith. Of Asaph.</i></SS><CP><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Sing for joy to God our strength; <p class="indent2">Make a loud shout to the God of Jacob. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Lift up a song of praise, strike the tambourine, <p class="indent2">The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Blow the trumpet at the new moon, <p class="indent2">At the full moon, on our feast day. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For it is a statute for Israel, <p class="indent2">A judgment of the God of Jacob. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He established it for a testimony in Joseph <p class="indent2">When he went forth over the land of Egypt. <p class="indent2">I heard a language that I did not know: <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“I <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>relieved his shoulder of the burden, <p class="indent2">His hands were freed from the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>basket. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You called in distress and I rescued you; <p class="indent2">I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; <p class="indent2">I tested you at the waters of Meribah. <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Selah. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Hear, O My people, and I will testify against you; <p class="indent2">O Israel, if you would listen to Me! <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Let there be no strange god among you; <p class="indent2">And you shall not worship a foreign god. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I am Yahweh your God, <p class="indent2">Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; <p class="indent2">Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“But My people did not listen to My voice, <p class="indent2">And Israel was not willing <i>to obey</i> Me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So I released <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>them over to the stubbornness of their heart, <p class="indent2">That they would walk in their own devices. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Oh that My people would listen to Me, <p class="indent2">That Israel would walk in My ways! <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I would quickly subdue their enemies <p class="indent2">And I would turn My hand against their adversaries. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Those who hate Yahweh would cower before Him, <p class="indent2">And their time <i>of punishment</i> would be forever. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>But I would feed you with the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>finest of the wheat, <p class="indent2">And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>removed his shoulder from</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>brick load</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <i>Selah</i> may mean <i>Pause</i>, <i>Crescendo</i>, <i>Musical Interlude</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>him</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>He would feed him</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>fat</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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