Psalms 81:4-15

⁴For this is a statute for Israel, A law of the God of Jacob;

⁵He appointed it as a memorial in Joseph, When he went out of the land of Egypt, Where he heard a language which he knew not.

⁶“I relieved said he thy shoulders from their burden; Thy hands were removed from the hod.

⁷Thou didst call in trouble, and I delivered thee; In the secret place of thunder I answered thee; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Pause.

⁸Hear, O my people! and I will admonish thee! O Israel! that thou wouldst hearken to me!

⁹Let there be no strange god within thee, Nor worship thou any foreign god!

¹⁰I Jehovah am thy God, Who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: Open wide thy mouth, and I will fill it!

¹¹But my people would not listen to my voice, And Israel would not hearken to me.

¹²So I gave them up to the obstinacy of their hearts, And they walked according to their own devices.

¹³“O that my people had hearkened to me! That Israel had walked in my ways!

¹⁴Soon would I have brought low their enemies, And turned my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵The haters of Jehovah should have become suppliants to them, And their prosperity should have endured for ever.