| Chapter 81 |
1 | To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith. Of Asaph.
Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob. |
2 | Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments. |
3 | Let the horn be sounded in the time of the new moon, at the full moon, on our holy feast-day: |
4 | For this is a rule for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. |
5 | He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears. |
6 | I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets. |
7 | You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.) |
8 | Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say! |
9 | There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god. |
10 | I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food. |
11 | But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me. |
12 | So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes. |
13 | If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways! |
14 | I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them. |
15 | The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their destruction would be eternal. |
16 | I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock. |