Psalm 81 (KJV)

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1Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.studyinterlinear

2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.studyinterlinear

3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.studyinterlinear

4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.studyinterlinear

5This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.studyinterlinear

6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.studyinterlinear

7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.studyinterlinear

8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;studyinterlinear

9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.studyinterlinear

10I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.studyinterlinear

11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.studyinterlinear

12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.studyinterlinear

13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!studyinterlinear

14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.studyinterlinear

15The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.studyinterlinear

16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.studyinterlinear