Psalms 81:6-14

⁶“I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were freed from holding the basket.

⁷In your distress you called out, and I helped you; I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

⁸Listen, my people, for I will warn you, Israel, if you would only listen to me!

⁹There must be no foreign god among you; you must not worship any foreign god.

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

¹¹But my people did not listen to my words; Israel did not obey me.

¹²So I gave them over to their own stubborn way so that they might do what seemed right to them.

¹³Oh, that my people would listen to me; oh, that my people would walk in my paths.

¹⁴Then I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their oppressors.