Psalms 81

81 ¹ Sing for joy to our Father, our strength; shout aloud to our Father of Jacob! ² Strike up a song, beat the tambourine, the sweet lyre and the harp. ³ Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on the day of our feast. ⁴ For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of our Father of Jacob.

⁵ He appointed it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt. I heard a language I had not known:

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

⁷ In your 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 — Israel, if only you would listen to me! ⁹ There must be no foreign god among you; you must not bow down to any other god.

¹⁰ I am your Father, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. ¹¹ But my people would not listen to my voice; Israel would not yield to 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, if Israel would walk in my ways! ¹⁴ How soon I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes! ¹⁵ Those who hate our Father would cringe before him, and their doom would last forever. ¹⁶ But he would feed them with the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.