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According to Gittith.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> Of Asaph. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="#"><b>1</b></a></span> Sing for joy to God our strength; <p class="indent2"> make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, <p class="indent2"> play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, <p class="indent2"> and at the full moon on the day of our Feast. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For this is a statute for Israel, <p class="indent2"> an ordinance of the God of Jacob. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent2"> when he went out over the land of Egypt, <p class="indent2"> where I heard an unfamiliar language: <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; <p class="indent2"> his hands were freed from the basket. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You called out in distress, and I rescued you; <p class="indent2"> I answered you from the cloud of thunder; <p class="indent2"> I tested you at the waters of Meribah.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <p class="selah"> Selah <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: <p class="indent2"> O Israel, if only you would listen to Me! <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>There must be no strange god among you, <p class="indent2"> nor shall you bow to a foreign god. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I am the LORD your God, <p class="indent2"> who brought you up out of Egypt. <p class="indent1"> Open wide your mouth, <p class="indent2"> and I will fill it. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But My people would not listen to Me, <p class="indent2"> and Israel would not obey Me. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts <p class="indent2"> to follow their own devices. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If only My people would listen to Me, <p class="indent2"> if Israel would follow My ways, <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>how soon I would subdue their enemies <p class="indent2"> and turn My hand against their foes! <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, <p class="indent2"> and their doom would last forever. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But I would feed you the finest wheat; <p class="indent2"> with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>Gittith</i> is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 8 and 84.<br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>in Joseph</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <i>Meribah</i> means <i>quarreling</i>; see <a href="../exodus/17.htm#7">Exodus 17:7</a>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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