Psalms 81 (NET)

Psalms 81:1¹Shout for joy to God, our source of strength! Shout out to the God of Jacob!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 81:2²Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant-sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 81:3³Sound the ram’s horn on the day of the new moon, and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 81:4⁴For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 81:5⁵He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph, when he attacked the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I did not recognize.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 81:6⁶It said: “I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 81:7⁷In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 81:8⁸I said, ‘Listen, my people! I will warn you. O Israel, if only you would obey me!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 81:9⁹There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 81:10¹⁰I am the Lord, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 81:11¹¹But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 81:12¹²I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 81:13¹³If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 81:14¹⁴Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and attack their adversaries.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 81:15¹⁵(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him. May they be permanently humiliated.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Psalms 81:16¹⁶“I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s