Psalms, Chapter 81:

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Verses from Psalms, Chapter 81 of the book of Psalms in the Bible.

1. Sing with joy to God, our strength; Acclaim the God of Jacob.
2. Sing a song and bring the tambourine, the sweet harp and the psaltery.
3. Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the time set for our feast.
4. For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5. He established it as a statute in Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt. I heard a language I didn't know, it said:
6. I removed his shoulder from the burden; their hands were free from the baskets.
7. In distress you cried out, and I delivered you; I answered you in the hidden place of thunder; I tested you in the waters of Meribá.
8. Hear, O my people, and I will warn you; O Israel, if you would listen to me!
9. There will be no foreign god among you, nor will you worship a strange goddess.
10. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11. But my people would not listen to my voice, and Israel would not listen to me.
12. Therefore I gave them over to the hardness of their hearts, that they should walk in their own counsels.
13. Oh! If only my people had listened to me! If only Israel would walk in my ways!
14. Soon I would strike down his enemies, and I would turn my hand against his adversaries.
15. Those who hate the LORD would submit to him, and his time would be eternal.
16. And he would feed him with the finest wheat, and satisfy him with honey out of the rock.