King James Version · full chapter
Psalm 81
16 verses · King James Version
- 1Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.Compare translations of Psalms 81:1
- 2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.Compare translations of Psalms 81:2
- 3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.Compare translations of Psalms 81:3
- 4For this a statute for Israel, a law of the God of Jacob.Compare translations of Psalms 81:4
- 5This he ordained in Joseph a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: I heard a language I understood not.Compare translations of Psalms 81:5
- 6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.Compare translations of Psalms 81:6
- 7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.Compare translations of Psalms 81:7
- 8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;Compare translations of Psalms 81:8
- 9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.Compare translations of Psalms 81:9
- 10I the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.Compare translations of Psalms 81:10
- 11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.Compare translations of Psalms 81:11
- 12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: they walked in their own counsels.Compare translations of Psalms 81:12
- 13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, Israel had walked in my ways!Compare translations of Psalms 81:13
- 14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.Compare translations of Psalms 81:14
- 15The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.Compare translations of Psalms 81:15
- 16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.Compare translations of Psalms 81:16