Psalms 81:1-12

¹For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. (81-2) Sing aloud unto God our strength; shout unto the God of Jacob.

²(81-3) Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.

³(81-4) Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day.

⁴(81-5) For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

⁵(81-6) He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when He went forth against the land of Egypt. The speech of one that I knew not did I hear:

⁶(81-7) 'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.

⁷(81-8) Thou didst call in trouble, and I rescued thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah

⁸(81-9) Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!

⁹(81-10) There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

¹⁰(81-11) I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹(81-12) But My people hearkened not to My voice; and Israel would none of Me.

¹²(81-13) So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.