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For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph.

[1] Sing aloud to God, our strength!
Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!
[2] Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine,
the pleasant lyre with the harp.
[3] Blow the trumpet at the New Moon,
at the full moon, on our feast day.
[4] For it is a statute for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
[5] He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant,
when he went out over the land of Egypt,
I heard a language that I didn’t know.
[6] “I removed his shoulder from the burden.
His hands were freed from the basket.
[7] You called in trouble, and I delivered you.
I answered you in the secret place of thunder.
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.”
Selah. [8] “Hear, my people, and I will testify to you,
Israel, if you would listen to me!
[9] There shall be no strange god in you,
neither shall you worship any foreign god.
[10] I am Yahweh, your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
[11] But my people didn’t listen to my voice.
Israel desired none of me.
[12] So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts,
that they might walk in their own counsels.
[13] Oh that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!
[14] I would soon subdue their enemies,
and turn my hand against their adversaries.
[15] The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him,
and their punishment would last forever.
[16] But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat.
I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”
King James Version

To the chief Musician H5329 (PielPtc) upon Gittith, H1665 A Psalm of Asaph. H623

[1] Sing aloud H7442 (HiphImpv) unto God H430 our strength: H5797
Make a joyful noise H7321 (HiphImpv) unto the God H430 of Jacob. H3290
[2] Take H5375 (QalImpv) a psalm, H2172 and bring H5414 (QalImpv) hither the timbrel, H8596
The pleasant H5273 harp H3658 with the psaltery. H5035
[3] Blow up H8628 (QalImpv) the trumpet H7782 in the new moon, H2320
In the time appointed, H3677 on our solemn feast H2282 day. H3117
[4] For this was a statute H2706 for Israel, H3478
And a law H4941 of the God H430 of Jacob. H3290
[5] This he ordained H7760 (QalPerf) in Joseph H3084 for a testimony, H5715
When he went out H3318 (QalInf) through§ the land H776 of Egypt: H4714
Where I heard H8085 (QalImpf) a language H8193 that I understood H3045 (QalPerf) not.
[6] I removed H5493 (HiphPerf) his shoulder H7926 from the burden: H5447
His hands H3709 were delivered H5674 (QalImpf)§ from the pots. H1731
[7] Thou calledst H7121 (QalPerf) in trouble, H6869 and I delivered H2502 (PielImpf) thee;
I answered H6030 (QalImpf) thee in the secret place H5643 of thunder: H7482
I proved H974 (QalImpf) thee
At the waters H4325 of Meribah. H4809§ Selah. H5542
[8] Hear, H8085 (QalImpv) O my people, H5971 and I will testify H5749 (HiphImpf) unto thee:
O Israel, H3478 if thou wilt hearken H8085 (QalImpf) unto me;
[9] There shall no strange H2114 (QalPtc) god H410 be in thee;
Neither shalt thou worship H7812 (HithImpf) any strange H5236 god. H410
[10] I am the Lord H3068 thy God, H430 which brought H5927 (HiphPtc) thee out of the land H776 of Egypt: H4714
Open thy mouth H6310 wide, H7337 (HiphImpv) and I will fill H4390 (PielImpf) it.
[11] But my people H5971 would not hearken H8085 (QalPerf) to my voice; H6963
And Israel H3478 would H14 (QalPerf) none of me.
[12] So I gave them up H7971 (PielImpf) unto their own hearts’ H3820 lust: H8307
And they walked H3212 (QalImpf) in their own counsels. H4156
[13] Oh H3863 that my people H5971 had hearkened H8085 (QalActPtc) unto me,
And Israel H3478 had walked H1980 (PielImpf) in my ways! H1870
[14] I should soon H4592 have subdued H3665 (HiphImpf) their enemies, H341 (QalActPtc)
And turned H7725 (HiphImpf) my hand H3027 against their adversaries. H6862
[15] The haters H8130 (PielPtc) of the Lord H3068 should have submitted H3584 (PielImpf) themselves§ unto him:
But their time H6256 should have endured for ever. H5769
[16] He should have fed H398 (HiphImpf) them also with the finest H2459 of the wheat: H2406§
And with honey H1706 out of the rock H6697 should I have satisfied H7646 (HiphImpf) thee.

Footnotes

  1. § 81:5 Or, against
  2. § 81:6 Heb. passed away
  3. § 81:7 Or, strife
  4. § 81:15 Or, yielded feigned obedience, Heb. lied
  5. § 81:16 Heb. with the fat of wheat
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