Psalms 81:5-16

⁵He commanded us Israeli people to obey it when he punished the people of Egypt. I heard someone MTY whose voice I did not recognize, saying,

⁶“ After the rulers of Egypt forced you Israelis to work as slaves, I took those heavy burdens off your backs, and I enabled you to lay down those heavy baskets of bricks that you were carrying.

⁷When you were greatly distressed, you called out to me, and I rescued you; I answered you out of a thundercloud. Later I tested whether you would trust me to give you water when you were in the desert at Meribah.

⁸You who are my people, listen while I warn you! I wish that you Israeli people would pay attention to what I say to you!

⁹You must not have any idols of other gods among you; you must never bow to worship any of them!

¹⁰I am Yahweh, your God; It was not any of those other gods who brought you out of Egypt, I am the one who did it! So ask me what you want me to do for you MTY, and I will do it.

¹¹But my people would not listen to me SYN; they would not obey me.

¹²So even though they were very stubborn, I allowed them to do whatever they wanted to do.

¹³I wish that my people would listen to me, that the Israeli people would behave as I want them to do.

¹⁴If they did that, I would quickly defeat their enemies; I would strike/punish all of them DOU.

¹⁵Then all those who hate me would ◄cringe before/bow down to► me, and then I would punish them MTY forever.

¹⁶But I would give you Israelis very good wheat/grain, and I would fill your stomachs with wild honey.”