Psalm 81

¹ Sing aloud to God our strength;
shout for joy to the God of Jacob.

² Raise a song and sound the tambourine,
the sweet lyre with the harp.

³ Blow the horn at the new moon,
at the full moon, for our feast day.

⁴ For it is a statute for Israel,
a judgment of the God of Jacob.

⁵ He established it as a testimony in Joseph
when he went out over the land of Egypt.
A language I had not known, I heard:

⁶ "I removed the burden from his shoulder;
his hands were freed from the basket.

⁷ In distress you called and I rescued you;
I answered you from the hiding place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

⁸ Hear, my people, and I will warn you—
O Israel, if you would listen to me!

⁹ There shall be no strange god among you;
you shall not bow down to a foreign god.

¹⁰ I am the LORD your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel would have none of me.

¹² So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their hearts;
they walked in their own counsels.

¹³ If only my people would listen to me,
if Israel would walk in my ways!

¹⁴ I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.

¹⁵ Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him,
and their punishment would last forever.

¹⁶ But I would feed you with the finest wheat,
and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."