Psalms 81
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1Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.SelectedPsalms 81:1Ask
2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.SelectedPsalms 81:2Ask
3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.SelectedPsalms 81:3Ask
4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.SelectedPsalms 81:4Ask
5This 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.SelectedPsalms 81:5Ask
6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.SelectedPsalms 81:6Ask
7Thou 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.SelectedPsalms 81:7Ask
8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;SelectedPsalms 81:8Ask
9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.SelectedPsalms 81:9Ask
10I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.SelectedPsalms 81:10Ask
11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.SelectedPsalms 81:11Ask
12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.SelectedPsalms 81:12Ask
13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!SelectedPsalms 81:13Ask
14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.SelectedPsalms 81:14Ask
15The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.SelectedPsalms 81:15Ask
16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.SelectedPsalms 81:16Ask
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