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