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Psalm 81 :: King James Version (KJV)

Psa 81:1

Psa 81:1[[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.

Psa 81:2

Psa 81:2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

Psa 81:3

Psa 81:3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

Psa 81:4

Psa 81:4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

Psa 81:5

Psa 81:5This 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.

Psa 81:6

Psa 81:6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

Psa 81:7

Psa 81:7Thou 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.

Psa 81:8

Psa 81:8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

Psa 81:9

Psa 81:9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

Psa 81:10

Psa 81:10I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Psa 81:11

Psa 81:11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

Psa 81:12

Psa 81:12So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

Psa 81:13

Psa 81:13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

Psa 81:14

Psa 81:14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

Psa 81:15

Psa 81:15The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

Psa 81:16

Psa 81:16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
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