Psalms 81
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
1A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.
2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
2How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?
3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
3Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.
4For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
4Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner.
5He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
5They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.
6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
6I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.
7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
7But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.
8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
8Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.
9There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
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10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
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11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
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12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
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13If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
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14how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
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15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
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16But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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