Psalms 81
Berean Standard Bible
1Sing for joy to God our strength;
make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. 2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine,
play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre. 3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon,
and at the full moon on the day of our Feast. 4For this is a statute for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph *
when he went out over the land of Egypt,
where I heard an unfamiliar language: 6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden;
his hands were freed from the basket. 7You called out in distress, and I rescued you;
I answered you from the cloud of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.*
Selah 8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you:
O Israel, if only you would listen to Me! 9There must be no strange god among you,
nor shall you bow to a foreign god. 10I am the LORD your God,
who brought you up out of Egypt.
Open wide your mouth,
and I will fill it. 11But My people would not listen to Me,
and Israel would not obey Me. 12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own devices. 13If only My people would listen to Me,
if Israel would follow My ways, 14how soon I would subdue their enemies
and turn My hand against their foes! 15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience,
and their doom would last forever. 16But I would feed you the finest wheat;
with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
English text: Berean Standard Bible (BSB). English audio: Berean Standard Audio Bible.