Psalm 81 Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A Call to Obedience

For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.^(A)

81 Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.^(B)
²Lift up a song – play the tambourine,
the melodious lyre, and the harp.^(C)
³Blow the ram’s horn on the day of our feasts^[a]
during the new moon^(D)
and during the full moon.
⁴For this is a statute for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.^(E)
⁵He set it up as a decree for Joseph
when he went throughout^[b] the land of Egypt.^(F)

I heard an unfamiliar language:
⁶‘I relieved his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.^(G)
⁷You called out in distress, and I rescued you;
I answered you from the thundercloud.^(H)
I tested you at the Waters of Meribah.^(I) Selah
⁸Listen, my people, and I will admonish you.
Israel, if you would only listen to me!^(J)
⁹There must not be a strange god among you;
you must not bow down to a foreign god.^(K)
¹⁰I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.^(L)
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.^(M)

¹¹‘But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel did not obey me.^(N)
¹²So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own plans.^(O)
¹³If only my people would listen to me
and Israel would follow my ways,^(P)
¹⁴I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.’^(Q)
¹⁵Those who hate the Lord
would cower to him;^(R)
their doom would last for ever.^(S)
¹⁶But he would feed Israel^[c] with the best wheat.
‘I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.’^(T)

Footnotes

81:3 Lit feast
81:5 Or he gained authority over
81:16 Lithim

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised (CSBA)

Psalm 81 Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A Call to Obedience

For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.(A)

Footnotes

Cross references

For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.^(A)