KJ3 Literal Translation

Psalms 81

An exhortation to a solemn praising of Jehovah. Jehovah wills obedience. To the chief musician. On the Gittite Lyre. A Psalm of Asaph.

16 verses · word-for-word from the Hebrew and Greek · free to read

1To the chief musician. On Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob.

2Lift up a song, and the timbrel, the pleasant lyre with the harp.

3Blow the rams` horn in the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.

4For this was a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5This He set as a testimony in Joseph, when He went out over the land of Egypt; I heard a lip I did not understand.

6I turned away his shoulder from the burden; his palms were freed from the basket.

7You called in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

8My people, listen, and I will testify against you, whether you will listen to Me:

9There shall be no strange god among you; and you shall not worship a foreign god.

10I am Jehovah your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

11But My people would not listen to My voice, and Israel did not consent to Me.

12So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their own hearts; they walked in their own counsels.

13Oh if My people had listened to Me! If Israel had walked in My ways,

14I would have subdued their enemies in a little; and I would have turned My hand against their adversaries.

15Ones hating Jehovah shall be found to be untrue to Him, and their time is forever.

16Yea, He would have caused them to eat from the fat of the wheat; and I would have satisfied you with honey out of the rock.

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