Psalm 81:1-Psalm 82:1 - A Call To Obedience

¹ Shout out to God our strength; shout joyfully to the God of Jacob. ² Lift up a song and strike [the] tambourine, [the] pleasant lyre, together with [the] harp. ³ Blow [the] horn at new moon, at full moon, for our feast day, ⁴ because it [is] a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. ⁵ He made it a statute in Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, [where] I heard a language I did not know.

⁶ "I removed his shoulder from a burden. His hands were freed from [the] basket. ⁷ In this trouble you called, and I rescued you. Within [the] secret place of thunder I answered you; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah ⁸ Hear, O my people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would [but] listen to me. ⁹ There shall be no strange god among you, and you shall not bow down to a foreign god. ¹⁰ I [am] Yahweh your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people did not listen to my voice, and Israel did not yield to me. ¹² So I let them go in the stubbornness of their heart; they walked in their counsels. ¹³ Oh that my people would listen to me; [that] Israel would walk in my ways. ¹⁴ I would subdue their enemies quickly, and turn my hand against their adversaries. ¹⁵ Those who hate Yahweh would cringe before him, and their fate would be forever. ¹⁶ But he would feed him from [the] choicest wheat, and I would satisfy you with honey from a rock."

¹ God stands in the divine assembly; he administers judgment in the midst of [the] gods.