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Psalm 81 – Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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Psalm 81
A Call to Obedience

For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.

Sing for joy to God our strength;

shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

Lift up a song ​— ​play the tambourine,

the melodious lyre, and the harp.

Blow the ram’s horn on the day of our feasts[fn]

during the new moon

and during the full moon.

For this is a statute for Israel,

an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

He set it up as a decree for Joseph

when he went throughout[fn] the land of Egypt.

I heard an unfamiliar language:

“I relieved his shoulder from the burden;

his hands were freed from carrying the basket.

You called out in distress, and I rescued you;

I answered you from the thundercloud.

I tested you at the Waters of Meribah.Selah

Listen, my people, and I will admonish you.

Israel, if you would only listen to me!

There must not be a strange god among you;

you must 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 did not obey me.

12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts

to follow their own plans.

13 If only my people would listen to me

and Israel would follow my ways,

14 I would quickly subdue their enemies

and turn my hand against their foes.”

15 Those who hate the LORD

would cower to him;

their doom would last forever.

16 But he would feed Israel[fn] with the best wheat.

“I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”

CSB Footnotes
Lit feast
Or he gained authority over
Lit him
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