Psalms 81 : 1 (NLT)
Sing praises to God, our strength. Sing to the God of Jacob.
Psalms 81 : 2 (NLT)
Sing! Beat the tambourine. Play the sweet lyre and the harp.
Psalms 81 : 3 (NLT)
Blow the ram's horn at new moon, and again at full moon to call a festival!
Psalms 81 : 4 (NLT)
For this is required by the decrees of Israel; it is a regulation of the God of Jacob.
Psalms 81 : 5 (NLT)
He made it a law for Israel when he attacked Egypt to set us free. I heard an unknown voice say,
Psalms 81 : 6 (NLT)
"Now I will take the load from your shoulders; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.
Psalms 81 : 7 (NLT)
You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered out of the thundercloud and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah. Interlude
Psalms 81 : 8 (NLT)
"Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings. O Israel, if you would only listen to me!
Psalms 81 : 9 (NLT)
You must never have a foreign god; you must not bow down before a false god.
Psalms 81 : 10 (NLT)
For it was I, the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.
Psalms 81 : 11 (NLT)
"But no, my people wouldn't listen. Israel did not want me around.
Psalms 81 : 12 (NLT)
So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas.
Psalms 81 : 13 (NLT)
Oh, that my people would listen to me! Oh, that Israel would follow me, walking in my paths!
Psalms 81 : 14 (NLT)
How quickly I would then subdue their enemies! How soon my hands would be upon their foes!
Psalms 81 : 15 (NLT)
Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him; they would be doomed forever.
Psalms 81 : 16 (NLT)
But I would feed you with the finest wheat. I would satisfy you with wild honey from the rock." A psalm of Asaph.
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