Psalms 81:3-13

³Blow the trumpet at the new moon, and at full moon, to begin our festivals,

⁴for this is a rule for Israel, a regulation of the God of Jacob.

⁵God made this statute for Joseph when he opposed the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I didn't know, saying:

⁶“I took the load from your shoulders; I freed your hands from carrying heavy baskets.

⁷In your suffering you cried out to me, and I saved you. I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

⁸My people, listen to my warnings! Israel, please listen to me!

⁹There must not be a strange god among you; you must never bow down to foreign gods and worship them.

¹⁰I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

¹¹But my people didn't listen to me. Israel didn't want anything to do with me.

¹²So I sent them away to follow their stubborn thinking, living as they chose.

¹³If only my people would listen to me; if only Israel would follow my ways!