Psalms

Psalm 81 ©

1 An exhortation to a solemn praising of God. 4 God challengeth that duty by reason of his benefits. 8 God, exhorting his people to obedience, complaineth of their disobedience, which proveth their own hurt.

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To the chief Musician upon aGittith, A Psalm 1of Asaph.

a Pss. 8; 84, titles.
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SING aloud bunto God cour strength: dmake a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

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Take a psalm, and bring *hither the *timbrel, the pleasant harp with the *psaltery.

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Blow up the etrumpet fin the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

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For gthis was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

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This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when hhe went out 2through the land of Egypt: where iI heard a language that I understood not.

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I jremoved his shoulder from the burden: his hands 3were delivered from the pots.

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Thou kcalledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the lsecret place of thunder: mI *proved thee at the waters of 4Meribah. Selah.

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Hear, nO my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, oif thou wilt hearken unto me;

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There pshall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

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qI am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: ropen thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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But smy people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

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So tI gave them up 5unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

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Oh uthat my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

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I should soon have subdued vtheir enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

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The haters of the LORD should have 6submitted themselves unto him: wbut their time should have endured for ever.

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He xshould have fed them also 7with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.