Psa 81 | ABEn | STEP | To the director; for the wine vats; a psalm to Asaph. Exult to God our helper! Shout to the God of Jacob!

Psalms 81

PSALM 81

The LORD Leads Israel out of Egypt

To the director; for the wine vats; a psalm to Asaph.

1 Exult to God our helper! Shout to the God of Jacob! 2 Take a psalm, and utter a sound on the tambourine, [²psaltery ¹and the delightful] with the harp! 3 Trump during the new moon -- a trumpet in the well-marked day of your holiday! 4 For [²an order ³to Israel ¹it is], and a judgment by the God of Jacob. 5 [³to be a testimony ⁴among ⁵Joseph ¹He made ²it], during his coming forth from out of the land of Egypt; a tongue which knew not, he heard. 6 He removed [²from ³tribute ¹his back]; his hands [²to ³the ⁴hamper ¹were enslaved]. 7 In affliction you called upon me, and I rescued you. I heeded you in the concealed place of the gale; PAUSE. I tried you at Water of Dispute. 8 Hear, O my people! and I will testify to you, O Israel, if you should hear me. 9 There will not be in you a god newly made, nor shall you do obeisance to an alien god. 10 For I am the lord your God; the one leading you from out of the land of Egypt. Widen your mouth! and I shall fill it. 11 But [²did not ³hear ¹my people] my voice; and Israel gave no heed to me. 12 And I sent them out according to the practices of their hearts; they shall go in their practices. 13 If my people heard me, [²Israel ⁴by my ways ¹if ³were gone], 14 not the less would [²their enemies ¹I humbled], and [³upon ⁴the ones ⁵afflicting ⁶them ¹I would have put ²my hand]. 15 The enemies of the lord lied to him, and [²will be ¹their time] into the eon. 16 And he fed them of the fat of wheat; and [³from out of ⁴the rock ⁵with honey ¹he filled ²them].