Psalms 81
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout 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.
2Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.
2How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?
3Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.
3Judge for the needy and fatherless: do justice to the humble and the poor.
4For it 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 appointed it in Joseph for a covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know.
5They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.
6“I removed his shoulder from 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 in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place 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.
8“Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!
8Arise, O God, judge thou the earth: for thou shalt inherit among all the nations.
9There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.
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10I am the LORD, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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11But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.
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12So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.
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13Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
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14I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.
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15The haters of the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
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16But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”
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