81 Sing
aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take
a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow
up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast
day. 4 For
this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This
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. 6 I
removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the
pots. 7 Thou
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.
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Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt
hearken unto me; 9 There
shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange
god. 10 I am
the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy
mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 But
my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12 So
I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own
counsels. 13 Oh
that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! 14 I should
soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 15 The
haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their
time should have endured for ever. 16 He
should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out
of the rock should I have satisfied thee.