nsb@Psalms:81:1 @ Sing for joy to God our strength. Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.
nsb@Psalms:81:2 @ Sing a song and strike the tambourine. Play the sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
nsb@Psalms:81:3 @ Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, and on our feast day.
nsb@Psalms:81:4 @ For this is required by the law of Israel. It is an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
nsb@Psalms:81:5 @ He established it for a testimony in Joseph when he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not understand. He said:
nsb@Psalms:81:6 @ »I relieved his shoulder of the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
nsb@Psalms:81:7 @ »You called in trouble and I rescued you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah..
nsb@Psalms:81:8 @ »Hear, O my people, and I will admonish you. O Israel, if you would listen to me!
nsb@Psalms:81:9 @ »You must have no strange god among you. Do not worship any foreign god.
nsb@Psalms:81:10 @ »I, Jehovah, am your God! I brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
nsb@Psalms:81:11 @ »My people did not listen to my voice. Israel did not obey me.
nsb@Psalms:81:12 @ »Therefore I gave them over to their stubborn hearts. They walked in their own counsel.
nsb@Psalms:81:13 @ »Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
nsb@Psalms:81:14 @ »I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their adversaries.
nsb@Psalms:81:15 @ »Those who hate Jehovah would pretend obedience to him. Their time of punishment would be long lasting.
nsb@Psalms:81:16 @ »I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.«