Psalm 81

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Psalm 81

A Call To Obedience

¹¹ Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

¹¹ {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.

¹¹ Sing for joy to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

¹¹ Sing joyfully to God, our strength. Raise a shout to the God of Jacob.

¹¹ Sing aloud to God our Strength! Shout for joy to the God of Jacob!

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²² Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

²² Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

²² Lift up a song-play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp.

²² Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant-sounding lyre along with the harp.

²² Raise a song, sound the timbrel, the sweet lyre with the harp.

Tools

³³ Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.

³³ Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

³³ Blow the horn during the new moon and during the full moon, on the day of our feast.

³³ Blow the ram's horn when there is a New Moon, when there is a full moon, on our festival day,

³³ Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.

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⁴⁴ For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

⁴⁴ For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

⁴⁴ For this is a statute for Israel, a judgment of the God of Jacob.

⁴⁴ because it is a statute in Israel, an ordinance by the God of Jacob,

⁴⁴ For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

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⁵⁵ He established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went throughout the land of Egypt I heard a language that I did not know:

⁵⁵ 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.

⁵⁵ He set it up as an ordinance for Joseph when He went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard an unfamiliar language:

⁵⁵ a decree that he prescribed for Joseph when he went throughout the land of Egypt, speaking a language I did not recognize.

⁵⁵ This He ordained in Joseph [the savior] for a testimony when He went out over the land of Egypt. The speech of One Whom I knew not did I hear [saying],

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⁶⁶ "I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.

⁶⁶ I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

⁶⁶ "I relieved his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from [carrying] the basket.

⁶⁶ I removed the burden from your shoulder; your hands were freed of the burdensome basket.

⁶⁶ I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

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⁷⁷ "You called in trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

⁷⁷ 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.

⁷⁷ You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

⁷⁷ In a time of need you called out and I delivered you; I answered you from the dark thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Interlude

⁷⁷ You called in distress and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

Tools

⁸⁸ "Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

⁸⁸ Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

⁸⁸ Listen, My people, and I will admonish you. Israel, if you would only listen to Me!

⁸⁸ Listen, My people and I will warn you. Israel, if only you would obey me!

⁸⁸ Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you -- "O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

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⁹⁹ "Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

⁹⁹ There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

⁹⁹ There must not be a strange god among you; you must not bow down to a foreign god.

⁹⁹ You must neither have a foreign god over you or worship a strange god.

⁹⁹ There shall no strange god be among you, neither shall you worship any alien god.

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¹⁰¹⁰ "I, the LORD, am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

¹⁰¹⁰ I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹⁰¹⁰ I am Yahweh your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹⁰¹⁰ I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, open your mouth that I may fill it.

¹⁰¹⁰ I am the Lord your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

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¹¹¹¹ "But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not obey Me.

¹¹¹¹ But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

¹¹¹¹ "But My people did not listen to Me; Israel did not obey Me.

¹¹¹¹ Yet my people didn't obey my voice; Israel didn't submit to me.

¹¹¹¹ But My people would not hearken to My voice, and Israel would have none of Me.

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¹²¹² "So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices.

¹²¹² So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

¹²¹² So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own plans.

¹²¹² So I allowed them to continue in their stubbornness, living by their own advice.

¹²¹² So I gave them up to their own hearts' lust and let them go after their own stubborn will, that they might follow their own counsels.

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¹³¹³ "Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!

¹³¹³ Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

¹³¹³ If only My people would listen to Me and Israel would follow My ways,

¹³¹³ If only my people would obey me, if only Israel would walk in my ways!

¹³¹³ Oh, that My people would listen to Me, that Israel would walk in My ways!

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¹⁴¹⁴ "I would quickly subdue their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries.

¹⁴¹⁴ I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁴¹⁴ I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes."

¹⁴¹⁴ Then I would quickly subdue their enemies. I would turn against their foes.

¹⁴¹⁴ Speedily then I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their adversaries.

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¹⁵¹⁵ "Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.

¹⁵¹⁵ The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

¹⁵¹⁵ Those who hate the Lord would pretend submission to Him; their doom would last forever.

¹⁵¹⁵ Those who hate the LORD will cringe before him; their punishment will be permanent.

¹⁵¹⁵ [Had Israel listened to Me in Egypt, then] those who hated the Lord would have come cringing before Him, and their defeat would have lasted forever.

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¹⁶¹⁶ "But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."

¹⁶¹⁶ He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

¹⁶¹⁶ But He would feed Israel with the best wheat. "I would satisfy you with honey from the rock."

¹⁶¹⁶ But I will feed Israel with the finest wheat, satisfying you with honey from the rock. A Psalm of Asaph

¹⁶¹⁶ [God] would feed [Israel now] also with the finest of the wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy you.