Psalms 81
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1A psalm for Asaph. God hath stood in the congregation of gods: and being in the midst of them he judgeth gods.
1Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
2How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?
2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
3Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.
3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
4Rescue the poor; and deliver the needy out of the hand of the sinner.
4For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.
5He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
6I have said: You are gods and all of you the sons of the most High.
6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
7But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.
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
8Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.
8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
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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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