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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] «To the chief Musician () upon Gittith , [A Psalm] of Asaph .» 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.

Young’s Literal Translation

Psalm 81 (YLT)

[1] Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.
[2] Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.
[3] Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,
[4] For a statute to Israel it is, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
[5] A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known-I hear.
[6] From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.
[7] In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah.
[8] Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:
[9] There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.
[10] I am Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it.
[11] But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.
[12] And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.
[13] O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.
[14] As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,
[15] Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is-to the age.
[16] He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And with honey from a rock I satisfy thee!