Psalm 81
1 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.
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Psalms
- The Book of David
The Book of Psalms which contains Psalm 81 is also referred to
as the Book of David. David reigned over Judah and Israel
was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel. King
David is credited with the authorship of many of the Psalms
and the collection is therefore often referred to as the
Book of David. |