1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. KJRV — Psalm 81:1
2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. KJRV — Psalm 81:2
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. KJRV — Psalm 81:3
4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. KJRV — 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. KJRV — Psalm 81:5
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. KJRV — Psalm 81:6
7 Thou 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. KJRV — Psalm 81:7
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; KJRV — Psalm 81:8
9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. KJRV — Psalm 81:9
10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. KJRV — Psalm 81:10
11 But my people would not hearken (Matthew 22:5) to my voice; and Israel would none of me. KJRV — Psalm 81:11
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. KJRV — Psalm 81:12
13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! KJRV — Psalm 81:13
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. KJRV — Psalm 81:14
15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. KJRV — 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 thee. KJRV — Psalm 81:16