1.4 KiB
Chapter 81
1 Sing for joy to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob. 2 Lift up a song—play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp. 3 Blow the ram’s horn on the day of our feasts during the new moon and during the full moon. 4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5 He set it up as a decree for Joseph when he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard an unfamiliar language: 6 “I relieved his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from carrying the basket. 7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the Waters of Meribah. Selah 8 Listen, my people, and I will admonish you. Israel, if you would only listen to me! 9 There must not be a strange god among you; you must not bow down to a foreign god. 10 I am the Lord your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 “But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel did not obey me. 12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own plans. 13 If only my people would listen to me and Israel would follow my ways, 14 I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.” 15 Those who hate the Lord would cower to him; their doom would last forever. 16 But he would feed Israel with the best wheat. “I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”