Psalms 81 · Clearspring

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. + 81:1 Gittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 8 and 84. Of Asaph.

Sing for Joy to God Our Strength

¹Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.+ ²Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.+ ³Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.+ ⁴For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.+ ⁵He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:+ ⁶“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.+ ⁷You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah+ ⁸Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!+ ⁹There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.+ ¹⁰I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.+ ¹¹But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.+ ¹²So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.+ ¹³If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,+ ¹⁴how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!+ ¹⁵Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.+ ¹⁶But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”+

Sing for Joy to God Our Strength

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