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Of Asaph.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.title"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>Sing for joy to God our strength;</p><p class="poem">shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Lift up a song — play the tambourine,</p><p class="poem">the melodious lyre, and the harp.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Blow the ram’s horn on the day of our feasts<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.81.3.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">during the new moon<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and during the full moon.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For this is a statute for Israel,</p><p class="poem">an ordinance of the God of Jacob.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He set it up as a decree for Joseph</p><p class="poem">when he went throughout<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.81.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> the land of Egypt.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">I heard an unfamiliar language:</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“I relieved his shoulder from the burden;</p><p class="poem">his hands were freed from carrying the basket.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You called out in distress, and I rescued you;</p><p class="poem">I answered you from the thundercloud.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">I tested you at the Waters of Meribah.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poemright"><span class="italic">Selah</span></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Listen, my people, and I will admonish you.</p><p class="poem">Israel, if you would only listen to me!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>There must not be a strange god among you;</p><p class="poem">you must not bow down to a foreign god.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I am the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> your God,</p><p class="poem">who brought you up from the land of Egypt.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“But my people did not listen to my voice;</p><p class="poem">Israel did not obey me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts</p><p class="poem">to follow their own plans.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If only my people would listen to me</p><p class="poem">and Israel would follow my ways,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I would quickly subdue their enemies</p><p class="poem">and turn my hand against their foes.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Those who hate the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span></p><p class="poem">would cower to him;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">their doom would last forever.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.81.16" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/81-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But he would feed Israel<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.81.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> with the best wheat.</p><p class="poem">“I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.81.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.81" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.81.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.3">81:3</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">feast</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.81.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.5">81:5</a></span> Or <span class="italic">he gained authority over</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.81.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.16">81:16</a></span> Lit<span class="italic"> him</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.81" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.title"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#csb-Psalms.81">81:title</a></span> 1Ch 16:5,7; Pss 8; 84 titles</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.1">81:1</a></span> Ps 59:16; 95:1–2; 98:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.2">81:2</a></span> Ps 33:2; 71:22; 92:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.3">81:3</a></span> Lv 23:24; Nm 10:10; 29:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.4">81:4</a></span> 1Ch 16:17; Ps 105:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.5">81:5</a></span> Ps 78:5; 122:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.6">81:6</a></span> Is 9:4; 10:27</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.7">81:7</a></span> Ex 14:24; 20:18–20</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.7">81:7</a></span> Ex 17:1–7; Nm 20:2–13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.8">81:8</a></span> Ps 50:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.9">81:9</a></span> Ex 20:3–5; 22:20; 34:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.10">81:10</a></span> Ex 20:2; Dt 5:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.10">81:10</a></span> Ps 78:25; 107:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.11">81:11</a></span> Jr 7:24; 13:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.12">81:12</a></span> Jb 8:4; Jr 11:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.13">81:13</a></span> Dt 5:29; Is 48:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.14">81:14</a></span> Ps 18:47; 47:3; Am 1:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.15">81:15</a></span> Ps 18:44; 66:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.15">81:15</a></span> Dt 32:35</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.81.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.81.16">81:16</a></span> Nm 18:12; Dt 32:13–14; Ps 147:14</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.81" class="snSection"><br 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