Psalm 81:1-10

New American Standard Bible

God’s Goodness and Israel’s Waywardness.

For the music director; ^[a]on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.

81 ^(A)Sing for joy to God our ^(B)strength;
Shout ^(C)joyfully to the ^(D)God of Jacob.
²Raise a song, strike ^(E)the tambourine,
The sweet sounding ^(F)lyre with the ^(G)harp.
³Blow the trumpet at the ^(H)new moon,
At the full moon, on our ^(I)feast day.
⁴For it is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
⁵He established it as a testimony in Joseph
When he ^[b]^(J)went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard a ^(K)language I did not know:

⁶“I ^[c]^(L)relieved his shoulder of the burden,
His hands were freed from the ^[d]basket.
⁷You ^(M)called in trouble and I rescued you;
I ^(N)answered you in the hiding place of thunder;
I put you to the test at the ^(O)waters of Meribah. Selah
⁸^(P)Hear, My people, and I will admonish you;
Israel, if you ^(Q)would listen to Me!
⁹There shall be no ^(R)strange god among you;
Nor shall you worship a foreign god.
¹⁰^(S)I, the Lord, am your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;
^(T)Open your mouth wide and I will ^(U)fill it.