Psalms 81 : 1 (NCV)
Sing for joy to God, our strength; shout out loud to the God of Jacob.
Psalms 81 : 2 (NCV)
Begin the music. Play the tambourines. Play pleasant music on the harps and lyres.
Psalms 81 : 3 (NCV)
Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, when the moon is full, when our feast begins.
Psalms 81 : 4 (NCV)
This is the law for Israel; it is the command of the God of Jacob.
Psalms 81 : 5 (NCV)
He gave this rule to the people of Joseph when they went out of the land of Egypt. I heard a language I did not know, saying:
Psalms 81 : 6 (NCV)
"I took the load off their shoulders; I let them put down their baskets.
Psalms 81 : 7 (NCV)
When you were in trouble, you called, and I saved you. I answered you with thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah
Psalms 81 : 8 (NCV)
My people, listen. I am warning you. Israel, please listen to me!
Psalms 81 : 9 (NCV)
You must not have foreign gods; you must not worship any false god.
Psalms 81 : 10 (NCV)
I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you out of Egypt. Open your mouth and I will feed you.
Psalms 81 : 11 (NCV)
"But my people did not listen to me; Israel did not want me.
Psalms 81 : 12 (NCV)
So I let them go their stubborn way and follow their own advice.
Psalms 81 : 13 (NCV)
I wish my people would listen to me; I wish Israel would live my way.
Psalms 81 : 14 (NCV)
Then I would quickly defeat their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.
Psalms 81 : 15 (NCV)
Those who hate the Lord would bow before him. Their punishment would continue forever.
Psalms 81 : 16 (NCV)
But I would give you the finest wheat and fill you with honey from the rocks." A psalm of Asaph.
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