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According to <span class="emphasis">gittith.</span> <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Title: Probably a musical term">b</a></sup></span> Of Asaph.</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Sing for joy to God our strength;</p><p class="line2">shout aloud to the God of Jacob!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Begin the music, strike the timbrel,</p><p class="line2">play the melodious harp and lyre.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon,</p><p class="line2">and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>this is a decree for Israel,</p><p class="line2">an ordinance of the God of Jacob.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When God went out against Egypt,</p><p class="line2">he established it as a statute for Joseph.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">I heard an unknown voice say:</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“I removed the burden from their shoulders;</p><p class="line2">their hands were set free from the basket.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>In your distress you called and I rescued you,</p><p class="line2">I answered you out of a thundercloud;</p><p class="line2">I tested you at the waters of Meribah. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.">c</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Hear me, my people, and I will warn you—</p><p class="line2">if you would only listen to me, Israel!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You shall have no foreign god among you;</p><p class="line2">you shall not worship any god other than me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I am the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God,</p><p class="line2">who brought you up out of Egypt.</p><p class="line1">Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“But my people would not listen to me;</p><p class="line2">Israel would not submit to me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts</p><p class="line2">to follow their own devices.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“If my people would only listen to me,</p><p class="line2">if Israel would only follow my ways,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>how quickly I would subdue their enemies</p><p class="line2">and turn my hand against their foes!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Those who hate the <span class="name">Lord</span> would cringe before him,</p><p class="line2">and their punishment would last forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/81-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;</p><p class="line2">with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">In Hebrew texts 81:1-16 is numbered 81:2-17.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">Title: Probably a musical term</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Hebrew has <i>Selah</i> (a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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