Thematic Bible

Psalm 81:1

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.
Sing for joy to God our strength;
Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

Psalm 81:2

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

Psalm 81:3

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

Psalm 81:4

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

Psalm 81:5

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:

Psalm 81:6

“I relieved his shoulder of the burden,
His hands were freed from the basket.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 81:7

“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.

Psalm 81:8

Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you;
O Israel, if you would listen to Me!
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 81:9

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

Psalm 81:10

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

Psalm 81:11

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

Psalm 81:12

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

Psalm 81:13

“Oh that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 81:14

“I would quickly subdue their enemies
And turn My hand against their adversaries.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 81:15

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

Psalm 81:16

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