Psalm 81:3-4
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
at the full moon, on our festal day.
4 For it is a statute for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Psalm 81:5-6
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
5 He made it a decree in Joseph,
when he went out over[a] the land of Egypt.
I hear a voice I had not known:
6 “I relieved your[b] shoulder of the burden;
your[c] hands were freed from the basket.
Footnotes
- Psalm 81:5 Or against
- Psalm 81:6 Heb his
- Psalm 81:6 Heb his
Psalm 81:7-8
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
7 In distress you called, and I rescued you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah
8 Hear, O my people, while I admonish you;
O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
Psalm 81:10-11
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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.
11 “But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel would not submit to me.
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