PSALM 81

81:1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. 81:2 Sing aloud unto God our strength; shout unto the God of Jacob. 81:3 Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery. 81:4 Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day. 81:5 For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 81:6 He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when He went forth against the land of Egypt. The speech of one that I knew not did I hear: 81:7 'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket. 81:8 Thou didst call in trouble, and I rescued thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah 81:9 Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me! 81:10 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any foreign god. 81:11 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 81:12 But My people hearkened not to My voice; and Israel would none of Me. 81:13 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels. 81:14 Oh that My people would hearken unto Me, that Israel would walk in My ways! 81:15 I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their adversaries. 81:16 The haters of the Lord should dwindle away before Him; and their punishment should endure for ever.

81:17 They should also be fed with the fat of wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.'

Hebrew Transliteration 81:1 lamnatsach `al-haggittiyth le'sph 81:2 harniynu l'lohiym`uzznu hriy`u l'lohy ya`aqobh 81:3 se'u-zimrh uthenu-thoph kinnorn`iym `im-nbhel 81:4 tiq`u bhachodhesh shophr bakkseh leyom chaggnu 81:5 kiy choq leyisr'l hu' mishpth l'lohy ya`aqobh 81:6 `dhuth biyhosphsmo bets'tho `al-'erets mitsryim sephath lo'-ydha`tiy 'eshm` 81:7 hasiyrothiy missbhel shikhmo kappyv middudh ta`abhorenh 81:8 batsrhqr'th v'achalletsekh 'e`enkha besther ra`am 'ebhchnekha `almymeriybhh selh 81:9 shema` `ammiy ve'`iydhh bkh yisr'l 'im-tishma`-liy 81:10 lo'-yihyeh bhekha 'l zr velo' thishtachaveh le'l nkhr 81:11 'nokhiy Adonay 'eloheykha hamma`alkha m'erets mitsryimharchebhpiykha va'amal'hu 81:12 velo'-shma` `ammiy leqoliyveyisr'l lo'-'bhh liy 81:13 v'ashallechhu bishriyruth libbm ylekhubemo`atsothyhem 81:14 lu `ammiy shoma` liy yisr'l bidhrkhayyehallkhu 81:15 kim`ath 'oyebhyhem 'akhniya` ve`al tsryhem 'shiybhydhiy 81:16 mesan'y Adonay yekhachashu-lo viyhiy `ittm le`olm 81:17 vayya'akhiylhu mchlebh chithh umitsur debhash 'asbiy`ekha