Psalms [Praises] 81:7-15

⁷You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah Quarreling.” Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

⁸“Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel God prevails, if you would listen to me!

⁹There shall be no strange deity in you, neither shall you hawa ·bow low, prostrate· to worship any foreign deity.

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

¹¹But my people didn’t sh'ma ·hear obey· my voice. Israel God prevails desired none of me.

¹²So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

¹³Oh that my people would sh'ma ·hear obey· me, that Israel God prevails would walk in my ways!

¹⁴I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵The haters of Adonai would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.