Psalm 81
God's Goodness and
Israel's Waywardness |
To the chief Musician upon
Git'tith, A Psalm of
Asaph. |
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Sing aloud unto God our strength:
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make a joyful noise unto the God of
Jacob. |
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Take a psalm, and bring hither the
timbrel,
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the pleasant harp with the
psaltery. |
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Blow up the trumpet in the new moon,
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in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. Num.
10.10 |
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For this was a statute for
Israel,
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and a law of the God of
Jacob. |
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This he ordained in Joseph for a
testimony,
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when he went out through the land of Egypt: |
where I heard a language that I
understood not.
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I removed his shoulder from the
burden:
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his hands were delivered from the
pots. |
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Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered
thee;
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I answered thee in the secret place of
thunder: |
I proved thee at the waters of Mer'ibah. Ex.
17.7 · Num.
20.13
Selah. |
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Hear, O my people, and I will testify
unto thee:
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O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto
me; |
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there shall no strange god be in
thee;
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I am the LORD thy God,
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which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: |
open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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But my people would not hearken to my
voice;
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and Israel would none of
me. |
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12 |
So I gave them up unto their own hearts'
lust:
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and they walked in their own
counsels. |
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13 |
Oh that my people had hearkened unto
me,
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and Israel had walked in my
ways! |
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14 |
I should soon have subdued their
enemies,
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and turned my hand against their
adversaries. |
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The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him:
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but their time should have endured for
ever. |
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He should have fed them also with the
finest of the wheat:
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and with honey out of the rock should I have
satisfied
thee. |
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