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World English Bible

Psalm 81 (WEBP)

[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.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 81 (KJVS)

[1] Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
[2] Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
[3] Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, In the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
[4] For this was a statute for Israel, And a law of the God of Jacob.
[5] This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out through the land of Egypt: Where I heard a language that I understood not.
[6] I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were delivered from the pots.
[7] Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee At the waters of Meribah. Selah.
[8] Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
[9] There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
[10] I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
[11] But my people would not hearken to my voice; And Israel would none of me.
[12] So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: And they walked in their own counsels.
[13] Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, And Israel had walked in my ways!
[14] I should soon have subdued their enemies, And turned my hand against their adversaries.
[15] The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: But their time should have endured for ever.
[16] He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: And with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

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

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 81 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος, () ὑπὲρ () τῶν () ληνῶν· () τῷ () Ασαφ ψαλμός. () Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε () τῷ () θεῷ () τῷ () βοηθῷ () ἡμῶν, () ἀλαλάξατε () τῷ () θεῷ () Ιακωβ· ()
[2] λάβετε () ψαλμὸν () καὶ () δότε () τύμπανον, ψαλτήριον τερπνὸν μετὰ () κιθάρας· ()
[3] σαλπίσατε () ἐν () νεομηνίᾳ () σάλπιγγι, () ἐν () εὐσήμῳ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἑορτῆς () ἡμῶν· ()
[4] ὅτι () πρόσταγμα τῷ () Ισραηλ () ἐστὶν () καὶ () κρίμα () τῷ () θεῷ () Ιακωβ. ()
[5] Μαρτύριον () ἐν () τῷ () Ιωσηφ () ἔθετο () αὐτὸν () ἐν () τῷ () ἐξελθεῖν () αὐτὸν () ἐκ () γῆς () Αἰγύπτου· () γλῶσσαν, () ἣν () οὐκ () ἔγνω, () ἤκουσεν· ()
[6] ἀπέστησεν () ἀπὸ () ἄρσεων τὸν () νῶτον () αὐτοῦ, () αἱ () χεῖρες () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () κοφίνῳ () ἐδούλευσαν. ()
[7] Ἐν () θλίψει () ἐπεκαλέσω () με, () καὶ () ἐρρυσάμην () σε· () ἐπήκουσά () σου () ἐν () ἀποκρύφῳ () καταιγίδος, ἐδοκίμασά () σε () ἐπὶ () ὕδατος () ἀντιλογίας. () Διάψαλμα.
[8] Ἄκουσον, () λαός () μου, () καὶ () διαμαρτύρομαί () σοι· () Ισραηλ, () ἐὰν () ἀκούσῃς () μου, ()
[9] οὐκ () ἔσται () ἐν () σοὶ () θεὸς () πρόσφατος, () οὐδὲ () προσκυνήσεις () θεῷ () ἀλλοτρίῳ· ()
[10] ἐγὼ () γάρ () εἰμι () κύριος () ὁ () θεός () σου () ὁ () ἀναγαγών () σε () ἐκ () γῆς () Αἰγύπτου· () πλάτυνον () τὸ () στόμα () σου, () καὶ () πληρώσω () αὐτό. ()
[11] Καὶ () οὐκ () ἤκουσεν () ὁ () λαός () μου () τῆς () φωνῆς () μου, () καὶ () Ισραηλ () οὐ () προσέσχεν () μοι· ()
[12] καὶ () ἐξαπέστειλα () αὐτοὺς () κατὰ () τὰ () ἐπιτηδεύματα τῶν () καρδιῶν () αὐτῶν, () πορεύσονται () ἐν () τοῖς () ἐπιτηδεύμασιν αὐτῶν. ()
[13] Εἰ () ὁ () λαός () μου () ἤκουσέν () μου, () Ισραηλ () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς () μου () εἰ () ἐπορεύθη, ()
[14] ἐν () τῷ () μηδενὶ () ἂν () τοὺς () ἐχθροὺς () αὐτῶν () ἐταπείνωσα () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () θλίβοντας () αὐτοὺς () ἐπέβαλον () τὴν () χεῖρά () μου. ()
[15] Οἱ () ἐχθροὶ () κυρίου () ἐψεύσαντο () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () ἔσται () ὁ () καιρὸς () αὐτῶν () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἐψώμισεν () αὐτοὺς () ἐκ () στέατος πυροῦ καὶ () ἐκ () πέτρας () μέλι () ἐχόρτασεν () αὐτούς. ()

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

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.