Psalms 81

A Call to Worship and a Reminder of God's Deliverance and Faithfulness

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Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

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Take a psalm, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

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

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

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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.

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

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You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder: I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

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Hear, O my people, and I will testify to you: O Israel, if you will listen to me;

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There shall no strange god be in you; neither shall you worship any strange god.

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I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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But my people would not listen to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

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So I gave them up to their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

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Oh that my people had listened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

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

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

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