Psalms 81

Thomson(i) 1 For the conclusion. On the wine presses. A Psalm by Asaph. Exult with joy for God our helper! Shout triumphantly for the God of Jacob! 2 Take a psalm and bring a tympanum; the sweet sounding psaltery with a kithara. 3 Sound the trumpet at the new moon; at the set day of your festival. 4 For it is a statute for Israel; a rite established by the God of Jacob; 5 as a testimony for Joseph; it pointed him out at the time of his coming out of the land of Egypt; he caused him to hear a tongue which he knew not: 6 he removed his back from burdens. His hands served at the basket. 7 [J] "In affliction thou didst call upon me, and I delivered thee. I heard thee in the secret of a tempest. I proved thee at the water of strife. 8 Hear my people and I will speak to thee. O Israel, and I will testify to thee. If thou wilt hearken to me, 9 with thee there must be no new fangled god: nor shalt thou worship a strange god, 10 for I am the Lord thy God; who brought thee up from the land of Egypt. Open thy mouth wide and I will fill it. 11 But my people did not hearken to my voice; nor did Israel attend to me. 12 Therefore I gave them up to the devices of their own hearts. Let them walk in their own devices. 13 Had my people hearkened to me; had Israel walked in my ways: 14 I would have effectually humbled their enemies; and laid my hand on those who afflicted them. 15 The enemies of the Lord should have submitted to him; and their time would have been forever: 16 and he would have fed them with the finest wheat; and satisfied them with honey from a rock."