1 “To the chief musician upon Gittith; by Assaph.” (81:2) Sing aloud unto God our strength: shout joyfully unto the God of Jacob. 2 (81:3) Lift up psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 (81:4) Blow on the new moon the cornet, at the time appointed, on the day of our feast. 4 (81:5) For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance by the God of Jacob. 5 (81:6) As a testimony in Joseph did he ordain it, when he went out over the land of Egypt. The language of one I had not known did I hear. 6 (81:7) I removed from the burden his shoulder: his hands left behind the burden-basket. 7 (81:8) In distress thou didst call, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret of the thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. 8 (81:9) Hear, O my people, and I will give warning unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldst but hearken unto me! 9 (81:10) There shall not be among thee a foreign God; nor shalt thou bow thyself down to any strange God. 10 (81:11) I am the Lord thy God, who have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open wide thy mouth, and I will fill it. 11 (81:12) But my people did not hearken to my voice; and Israel was not willing to follow me. 12 (81:13) So I let them go in the stubbornness of their own hearts: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 (81:14) Oh that my people would hearken unto me, that Israel would walk in my ways! 14 (81:15) In a little while would I subdue their enemies, and against their adversaries would I turn my hand. 15 (81:16) The haters of the Lord should offer flattery unto him; but their time should endure for ever. 16 (81:17) And he would feed him with the best of wheat: and out of the rock would I satisfy thee with honey.