Psalms 81 : 1 (LXXEN)
*Alex. David - Rejoice ye in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.
Psalms 81 : 2 (LXXEN)
Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
Psalms 81 : 3 (LXXEN)
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the glorious day of *Alex. our your feast.
Psalms 81 : 4 (LXXEN)
For this is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob.
Psalms 81 : 5 (LXXEN)
He made *Gr. him, sc. Israel it to be a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Egypt: he heard a language which he understood not.
Psalms 81 : 6 (LXXEN)
He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets.
Psalms 81 : 7 (LXXEN)
Thou didst call upon me in trouble, and I delivered thee; I heard thee in the secret place of the storm: I proved thee at the water of *Lit. contradiction Strife. Pause.
Psalms 81 : 8 (LXXEN)
Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel; and I will testify to thee: if thou wilt hearken to me;
Psalms 81 : 9 (LXXEN)
there shall be no new god in thee; neither shalt thou worship a strange god.
Psalms 81 : 10 (LXXEN)
For I am the Lord thy God, that brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Psalms 81 : 11 (LXXEN)
But my people hearkened not to my voice; and Israel gave no heed to me.
Psalms 81 : 12 (LXXEN)
So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways.
Psalms 81 : 13 (LXXEN)
If my people had hearkened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways,
Psalms 81 : 14 (LXXEN)
I should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them.
Psalms 81 : 15 (LXXEN)
The Lord’s enemies should have lied to him: but *sc. of the others their time shall be for ever.
Psalms 81 : 16 (LXXEN)
And he fed them with the fat of wheat; and satisfied them with honey out of the rock.
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