For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the wine-presses.

81:1 Rejoice ye in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.

81:2 Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant psaltery with the harp.

81:3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the glorious day of your feast.

81:4 For [this] is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob.

81:5 He made it [to be] a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Egypt: he heard a language which he understood not.

81:6 He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets.

81:7 Thou didst call upon me in trouble, and I delivered thee; I heard thee in the secret place of the storm: I proved thee at the water of Strife. Pause.

81:8 Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel; and I will testify to thee: if thou wilt hearken to me;

81:9 there shall be no new god in thee; neither shalt thou worship a strange god.

81:10 For I am the Lord thy God, that brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

81:11 But my people hearkened not to my voice; and Israel gave no heed to me.

81:12 So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways.

81:13 If my people had hearkened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways,

81:14 I should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them.

81:15 The Lord's enemies [should have] lied to him: but their time shall be for ever.

81:16 And he fed them with the fat of wheat; and satisfied them with honey out of the rock.

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, a Psalm of Asaph.

81:1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

81:2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

81:4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

81:5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

81:8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

81:16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.