“1 <<To the chief Musician upon Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph.>> Sing
aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the
psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed,
on our solemn feast day. 4 For this [was] a statute for Israel, [and] a
law of the God of Jacob. 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. 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his
hands were delivered from the pots. 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.”
“8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou
wilt hearken unto me; 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither
shalt thou worship any strange god. 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. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel
would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust:
[and] they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had
hearkened unto me, [and] Israel had walked in my ways! 14 I should soon
have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their
adversaries. 15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves
unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. 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.” (Psalm 81:1-16 AV)
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