Psaumes 81

¹ Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

² Lift up a song — play the tambourine,
the melodious lyre, and the harp.

³ Blow the horn on the day of our feasts
during the new moon
and during the full moon.

⁴ For this is a statute for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

⁵ He set it up as a decree for Joseph
when he went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard an unfamiliar language:

⁶ “I relieved his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.

⁷ You called out in distress, and I rescued you;
I answered you from the thundercloud.
I tested you at the Waters of Meribah.Selah

⁸ Listen, my people, and I will admonish you.
Israel, if you would only listen to me!

⁹ There must not be a strange god among you;
you must not bow down to a foreign god.

¹⁰ I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ “But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel did not obey me.

¹² So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own plans.

¹³ If only my people would listen to me
and Israel would follow my ways,

¹⁴ I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.”

¹⁵ Those who hate the Lord
would cower to him;
their doom would last forever.

¹⁶ But he would feed Israel with the best wheat.
“I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”