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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 upon Gittith, H1665 A Psalm of Asaph. H623

[1] Sing aloud H7442 unto God H430 our strength: H5797
Make a joyful noise H7321 unto the God H430 of Jacob. H3290
[2] Take H5375 a psalm, H2172 and bring H5414 hither the timbrel, H8596
The pleasant H5273 harp H3658 with H5973 the psaltery. H5035
[3] Blow up H8628 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 H3588 Israel, H3478
And a law H4941 of the God H430 of Jacob. H3290
[5] This he ordained H7760 in Joseph H3084 for a testimony, H5715
When he went out H3318 through§ the land H776 of Egypt: H4714
Where I heard H8085 a language H8193 that I understood H3045 not.
[6] I removed H5493 his shoulder H7926 from the burden: H5447
His hands H3709 were delivered H5674§ from the pots. H1731
[7] Thou calledst H7121 in trouble, H6869 and I delivered H2502 thee;
I answered H6030 thee in the secret place H5643 of thunder: H7482
I proved H974 thee
At the waters H4325 of Meribah. H4809§ Selah. H5542
[8] Hear, H8085 O my people, H5971 and I will testify H5749 unto thee:
O Israel, H3478 if thou wilt hearken H8085 unto me;
[9] There shall no strange H2114 god H410 be in thee;
Neither shalt thou worship H7812 any strange H5236 god. H410
[10] I am the Lord H3068 thy God, H430 which brought H5927 thee out of the land H776 of Egypt: H4714
Open thy mouth H6310 wide, H7337 and I will fill H4390 it.
[11] But my people H5971 would H8085 not H3808 hearken H8085 to my voice; H6963
And Israel H3478 would H14 none of me.
[12] So I gave them up H7971 unto their own hearts’ H3820 lust: H8307
And they walked H3212 in their own counsels. H4156
[13] Oh H3863 that my people H5971 had hearkened H8085 unto me,
And Israel H3478 had walked H1980 in my ways! H1870
[14] I should soon H4592 have subdued H3665 their enemies, H341
And turned H7725 my hand H3027 against H5921 their adversaries. H6862
[15] The haters H8130 of the Lord H3068 should have submitted H3584 themselves§ unto him:
But their time H6256 should have endured for ever. H5769
[16] He should have fed H398 them also with the finest H2459 of the wheat: H2406§
And with honey H1706 out of the rock H6697 should I have satisfied H7646 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
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 τέλος, G5056 ὑπὲρ G5228 τῶν G3588 ληνῶν· G3025 τῷ G3588 Ασαφ ψαλμός. G5568 Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε G21 τῷ G3588 θεῷ G2316 τῷ G3588 βοηθῷ G998 ἡμῶν, G2257 ἀλαλάξατε G214 τῷ G3588 θεῷ G2316 Ιακωβ· G2384 [2] ‡λάβετε G2983 ψαλμὸν G5568 καὶ G2532 δότε G1325 τύμπανον, ψαλτήριον τερπνὸν μετὰ G3326 κιθάρας· G2788 [3] ‡σαλπίσατε G4537 ἐν G1722 νεομηνίᾳ G3561 σάλπιγγι, G4536 ἐν G1722 εὐσήμῳ G2154 ἡμέρᾳ G2250 ἑορτῆς G1859 ἡμῶν· G2257 [4] ‡ὅτι G3754 πρόσταγμα τῷ G3588 Ισραηλ G2474 ἐστὶν G2076 καὶ G2532 κρίμα G2917 τῷ G3588 θεῷ G2316 Ιακωβ. G2384 [5] ‡Μαρτύριον G3142 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 Ιωσηφ G2501 ἔθετο G5087 αὐτὸν G846 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ἐξελθεῖν G1831 αὐτὸν G846 ἐκ G1537 γῆς G1093 Αἰγύπτου· G125 γλῶσσαν, G1100 ἣν G3739 οὐκ G3756 ἔγνω, G1097 ἤκουσεν· G191 [6] ‡ἀπέστησεν G868 ἀπὸ G575 ἄρσεων τὸν G3588 νῶτον G3577 αὐτοῦ, G846 αἱ G3588 χεῖρες G5495 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 κοφίνῳ G2894 ἐδούλευσαν. G1398 [7] ‡Ἐν G1722 θλίψει G2347 ἐπεκαλέσω G1941 με, G3165 καὶ G2532 ἐρρυσάμην G4506 σε· G4571 ἐπήκουσά G1873 σου G4675 ἐν G1722 ἀποκρύφῳ G614 καταιγίδος, ἐδοκίμασά G1381 σε G4571 ἐπὶ G1909 ὕδατος G5204 ἀντιλογίας. G485 Διάψαλμα. [8] ‡Ἄκουσον, G191 λαός G2992 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 διαμαρτύρομαί G1263 σοι· G4671 Ισραηλ, G2474 ἐὰν G1437 ἀκούσῃς G191 μου, G3450 [9] ‡οὐκ G3756 ἔσται G2071 ἐν G1722 σοὶ G4671 θεὸς G2316 πρόσφατος, G4372 οὐδὲ G3761 προσκυνήσεις G4352 θεῷ G2316 ἀλλοτρίῳ· G245 [10] ‡ἐγὼ G1473 γάρ G1063 εἰμι G1510 κύριος G2962 ὁ G3588 θεός G2316 σου G4675 ὁ G3588 ἀναγαγών G321 σε G4571 ἐκ G1537 γῆς G1093 Αἰγύπτου· G125 πλάτυνον G4115 τὸ G3588 στόμα G4750 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 πληρώσω G4137 αὐτό. G846 [11] ‡Καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἤκουσεν G191 ὁ G3588 λαός G2992 μου G3450 τῆς G3588 φωνῆς G5456 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 Ισραηλ G2474 οὐ G3756 προσέσχεν G4337 μοι· G3427 [12] ‡καὶ G2532 ἐξαπέστειλα G1821 αὐτοὺς G846 κατὰ G2596 τὰ G3588 ἐπιτηδεύματα τῶν G3588 καρδιῶν G2588 αὐτῶν, G846 πορεύσονται G4198 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ἐπιτηδεύμασιν αὐτῶν. G846 [13] ‡Εἰ G1487 ὁ G3588 λαός G2992 μου G3450 ἤκουσέν G191 μου, G3450 Ισραηλ G2474 ταῖς G3588 ὁδοῖς G3598 μου G3450 εἰ G1487 ἐπορεύθη, G4198 [14] ‡ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 μηδενὶ G3367 ἂν G302 τοὺς G3588 ἐχθροὺς G2190 αὐτῶν G846 ἐταπείνωσα G5013 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 τοὺς G3588 θλίβοντας G2346 αὐτοὺς G846 ἐπέβαλον G1911 τὴν G3588 χεῖρά G5495 μου. G3450 [15] ‡Οἱ G3588 ἐχθροὶ G2190 κυρίου G2962 ἐψεύσαντο G5574 αὐτῷ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἔσται G2071 ὁ G3588 καιρὸς G2540 αὐτῶν G846 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα. G165 [16] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐψώμισεν G5595 αὐτοὺς G846 ἐκ G1537 στέατος πυροῦ καὶ G2532 ἐκ G1537 πέτρας G4073 μέλι G3192 ἐχόρτασεν G5526 αὐτούς. G846
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 81:1 Originally verses 80:1–2.
  2. ‡ 81:2 Originally verse 80:3.
  3. ‡ 81:3 Originally verse 80:4.
  4. ‡ 81:4 Originally verse 80:5.
  5. ‡ 81:5 Originally verse 80:6.
  6. ‡ 81:6 Originally verse 80:7.
  7. ‡ 81:7 Originally verse 80:8.
  8. ‡ 81:8 Originally verse 80:9.
  9. ‡ 81:9 Originally verse 80:10.
  10. ‡ 81:10 Originally verse 80:11.
  11. ‡ 81:11 Originally verse 80:12.
  12. ‡ 81:12 Originally verse 80:13.
  13. ‡ 81:13 Originally verse 80:14.
  14. ‡ 81:14 Originally verse 80:15.
  15. ‡ 81:15 Originally verse 80:16.
  16. ‡ 81:16 Originally verse 80:17.