Psalms 81:1 (KJV)
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

Psalms 81:2 (KJV)
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

Psalms 81:3 (KJV)
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

Psalms 81:4 (KJV)
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

Psalms 81:5 (KJV)
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.

Psalms 81:6 (KJV)
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

Psalms 81:7 (KJV)
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.

Psalms 81:8 (KJV)
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

Psalms 81:9 (KJV)
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

Psalms 81:10 (KJV)
I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Psalms 81:11 (KJV)
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

Psalms 81:12 (KJV)
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

Psalms 81:13 (KJV)
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

Psalms 81:14 (KJV)
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

Psalms 81:15 (KJV)
The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

Psalms 81:16 (KJV)
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
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