Psalms 81 - Meaning, Themes & Application

" [[To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.]] Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. "

" Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. "

" Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. "

" For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. "

" 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 "

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

" 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. "

" Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken "

" There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. "

" I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill "

" But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would "

" So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. "

" Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! "

" I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. "

" The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. "

" He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied "