Psalm 81:1

English Standard Version

Oh, That My People Would Listen to Me

To the choirmaster: according to ^(A)The Gittith.^[a] Of ^(B)Asaph.

81 ^(C)Sing aloud to God our strength;
^(D)shout for joy to the God of Jacob!

Footnotes

Psalm 81:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Psalm 81:10-16

English Standard Version

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

¹¹“But my people did not listen to my voice;
    Israel ^(C)would not submit to me.
¹²So I ^(D)gave them over to their ^(E)stubborn hearts,
    to follow their own ^(F)counsels.
¹³^(G)Oh, that my people would listen to me,
    that Israel would ^(H)walk in my ways!
¹⁴I would soon subdue their enemies
    and ^(I)turn my hand against their foes.
¹⁵Those who hate the Lord would ^(J)cringe toward him,
    and their fate would last forever.
¹⁶But he would feed you^[a] with ^(K)the finest of the wheat,
    and with ^(L)honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”