Psalm 81

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Psalm 81

God’s Goodness and Israel’s Waywardness.

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^(A)Sing for joy to God our ^(B)strength;
Shout ^(C)joyfully to the ^(D)God of Jacob.

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Raise a song, strike ^(E)the timbrel,
The sweet sounding ^(F)lyre with the ^(G)harp.

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Blow the trumpet at the ^(H)new moon,
At the full moon, on our ^(I)feast day.

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

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He established it for a testimony in Joseph
When he ^(b)^(J)went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard a ^(K)language that I did not know:

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“I ^(c)^(L)relieved his shoulder of the burden,
His hands were freed from the ^(d)basket.

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“You ^(M)called in trouble and I rescued you;
I ^(N)answered you in the hiding place of thunder;
I proved you at the ^(O)waters of Meribah. ^(e)Selah.

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“^(P)Hear, O My people, and I will ^(f)admonish you;
O Israel, if you ^(Q)would listen to Me!

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“Let there be no ^(R)strange god among you;
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

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“^(S)I, the Lord, am your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;
^(T)Open your mouth wide and I will ^(U)fill it.

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“But My people ^(V)did not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not ^(g)obey Me.

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“So I ^(W)gave ^(h)them over to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk in their own devices.

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“Oh that My people ^(X)would listen to Me,
That Israel would ^(Y)walk in My ways!

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“I would quickly ^(Z)subdue their enemies
And ^(AA)turn My hand against their adversaries.

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“^(AB)Those who hate the Lord would ^(AC)pretend obedience to Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.

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“⁽ⁱ⁾But I would feed you with the ^(j)^(AD)finest of the wheat,
And with ^(AE)honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 81:1: ['Or ', according to]

b. Psalm 81:5: ['Lit ', went out over]

c. Psalm 81:6: ['Lit ', removed his shoulder from]

d. Psalm 81:6: ['Or ', brick load]

e. Psalm 81:7: [Selah, ' may mean: ', Pause, Crescendo, ' or ', Musical interlude]

f. Psalm 81:8: ['Or ', bear witness against]

g. Psalm 81:11: ['Lit ', yield to]

h. Psalm 81:12: ['Lit ', him]

i. Psalm 81:16: ['Lit ', He would feed him]

j. Psalm 81:16: ['Lit ', fat]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 81:1: Psalm 51:14; Psalm 59:16; Psalm 95:1

B. Psalm 81:1: Psalm 46:1

C. Psalm 81:1: Psalm 66:1; Psalm 95:2; Psalm 98:4

D. Psalm 81:1: Psalm 84:8

E. Psalm 81:2: Exodus 15:20; Psalm 149:3

F. Psalm 81:2: Psalm 92:3; Psalm 98:5; Psalm 147:7

G. Psalm 81:2: Psalm 108:2; Psalm 144:9

H. Psalm 81:3: Numbers 10:10

I. Psalm 81:3: Leviticus 23:24

J. Psalm 81:5: Exodus 11:4

K. Psalm 81:5: Deuteronomy 28:49; Psalm 114:1; Jeremiah 5:15

L. Psalm 81:6: Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 10:27

M. Psalm 81:7: Exodus 2:23; Exodus 14:10; Psalm 50:15

N. Psalm 81:7: Exodus 19:19; Exodus 20:18

O. Psalm 81:7: Exodus 17:6; Exodus 17:7; Numbers 20:13; Psalm 95:8

P. Psalm 81:8: Psalm 50:7

Q. Psalm 81:8: Psalm 95:7

R. Psalm 81:9: Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 5:7; Deuteronomy 32:12; Psalm 44:20; Isaiah 43:12

S. Psalm 81:10: Exodus 20:2; Deuteronomy 5:6

T. Psalm 81:10: Job 29:23

U. Psalm 81:10: Psalm 37:4; Psalm 78:25; Psalm 107:9

V. Psalm 81:11: Deuteronomy 32:15; Psalm 106:25

W. Psalm 81:12: Job 8:4; Acts 7:42; Romans 1:24; Romans 1:26

X. Psalm 81:13: Deuteronomy 5:29; Psalm 81:8; Isaiah 48:18

Y. Psalm 81:13: Psalm 128:1; Isaiah 42:24; Jeremiah 7:23

Z. Psalm 81:14: Psalm 18:47; Psalm 47:3

AA. Psalm 81:14: Amos 1:8

AB. Psalm 81:15: Romans 1:30

AC. Psalm 81:15: Psalm 18:44; Psalm 66:3

AD. Psalm 81:16: Deuteronomy 32:14; Psalm 147:14

AE. Psalm 81:16: Deuteronomy 32:13