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Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
    at the full moon, on our festal day.
For it is a statute for Israel,
    an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

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Sound the ram’s horn(A) at the New Moon,(B)
    and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;
this is a decree for Israel,
    an ordinance of the God of Jacob.(C)

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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:
‘I relieved your[b] shoulder of the burden;
    your[c] hands were freed from the basket.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 81:5 Or against
  2. Psalm 81:6 Heb his
  3. Psalm 81:6 Heb his

When God went out against Egypt,(A)
    he established it as a statute for Joseph.

I heard an unknown voice say:(B)

“I removed the burden(C) from their shoulders;(D)
    their hands were set free from the basket.

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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
Hear, O my people, while I admonish you;
    O Israel, if you would but listen to me!

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In your distress you called(A) and I rescued you,
    I answered(B) you out of a thundercloud;
    I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[a](C)
Hear me, my people,(D) and I will warn you—
    if you would only listen to me, Israel!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 81:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

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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10 I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up out of Egypt.(A)
Open(B) wide your mouth and I will fill(C) it.

11 “But my people would not listen to me;
    Israel would not submit to me.(D)

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