81:1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, {A Psalm} of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. 
81:1 {To the chief Musician upon Gittith, {A Psalm} of Asaph.} Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. 

81:2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 
81:2 Take a psalm, and strike the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 

81:3 Blow the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 
81:3 Blow the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 

81:4 For this {was} a statute for Israel, {and} a law of the God of Jacob. 
81:4 For this {was} a statute for Israel, {and} a law of the God of Jacob. 

81:5 This he ordained in Joseph {for} a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: {where} I heard a language {that} I understood not. 
81:5 This he ordained in Joseph {for} a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: {where} I heard a language {that} I understood not. 

81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. 
81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. 

81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. 
81:7 Thou didst call in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. 

81:8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee; O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me; 
81:8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me; 

81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 
81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 

81:10 I {am} the LORD thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 
81:10 I {am} the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 

81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would not obey me. 
81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would not obey me. 

81:12 So I gave them up to their own hearts lust: {and} they walked in their own counsels. 
81:12 So I gave them up to their own hearts' lust: {and} they walked in their own counsels. 

81:13 O that my people had hearkened to me, {and} Israel had walked in my ways! 
81:13 O that my people had hearkened to me, {and} Israel had walked in my ways! 

81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 
81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 

81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves to him: and their time should have endured for ever. 
81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves to him: and their time should have endured for ever. 

81:16 He would have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock I should have satisfied thee. 
81:16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock I should have satisfied thee.