Psalm 81:1
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Psalm 81
God’s Appeal to Stubborn Israel
To the leader: according to The Gittith. Of Asaph.
1 Sing aloud to God our strength;
shout for joy to the God of Jacob.(A)
Psalm 81:10-16
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10 I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.(A)
11 “But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel would not submit to me.(B)
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
to follow their own counsels.(C)
13 O that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!(D)
14 Then I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.(E)
15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him,
and their doom would last forever.
16 I would feed you[a] with the finest of the wheat,
and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”(F)
Footnotes
- 81.16 Cn: Heb he would feed him
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