Psalms Chapter 81 (NIV)
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Psalm 81For the director of music. According to gittith. Of Asaph.Sing for joy to God our strength;shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
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Begin the music, strike the tambourine,play the melodious harp and lyre.
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Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon,and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast;
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this is a decree for Israel,an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
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He established it as a statute for Josephwhen he went out against Egypt,where we heard a language we did not understand.
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He says, “I removed the burden from their shoulders;their hands were set free from the basket.
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In your distress you called and I rescued you,I answered you out of a thundercloud;I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
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“Hear, O my people, and I will warn you—if you would but listen to me, O Israel!
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You shall have no foreign god among you;you shall not bow down to an alien god.
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I am the Lord your God,who brought you up out of Egypt.Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
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“But my people would not listen to me;Israel would not submit to me.
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So I gave them over to their stubborn heartsto follow their own devices.
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“If my people would but listen to me,if Israel would follow my ways,
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how quickly would I subdue their enemiesand turn my hand against their foes!
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Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him,and their punishment would last forever.
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But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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