Psalmen 81
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81 Een psalm van Asaf voor de koordirigent. Te begeleiden met het muziekinstrument uit Gath.
2 Jubel over God, Hij is onze kracht.
Loof en prijs de God van Jakob.
3 Zing een lied met de tamboerijn.
Laat harp en citer meeklinken.
4 Blaas op de trompet
wanneer het nieuwe maan is
en ook bij volle maan,
want God denkt aan u.
5 Dat is een voorschrift in Israël,
de God van Jakob heeft deze regel ingesteld.
6 Hij stelde dit in toen het volk Egypte verliet,
toen Hij hen uitleidde.
Onvermoede woorden hoor ik:
7 ‘Ik heb de last van hun schouders genomen,
zij hoefden geen manden meer te sjouwen.
8 In uw moeilijkheden hebt u Mij geroepen
en Ik heb u bevrijd.
Ik gaf u antwoord
vanuit de schuilhoeken van de donder.
Bij het water van Meriba
heb Ik u op de proef gesteld.
9 Luister, mijn volk!
Ik wil u op het hart drukken, Israël,
dat u altijd naar Mij moet luisteren.
10 Er mag bij u geen afgod te vinden zijn,
het is u verboden te buigen voor een heidense afgod.
11 Ik ben de Here, Ik ben uw God.
Ik heb u uit Egypte weggevoerd.
Alles wat u nodig hebt, geef Ik u.
12 Mijn volk heeft echter niet naar Mij geluisterd,
de Israëlieten kwamen tegen Mij in opstand.
13 Ik heb hen hun eigen gang laten gaan,
eigenwijs als zij zijn.
Zij zijn de weg gegaan
die zij voor zichzelf hadden uitgestippeld.
14 Ach, luisterde mijn volk maar naar Mij!
Bewandelde het volk Israël mijn wegen maar!
15 Ik ben bereid hun tegenstanders te vernietigen
en Mij tegen hun vijanden te keren.
16 De mensen die niet in de Here geloven,
zouden net doen alsof zij Hem eerden.
Er zou aan hun straf geen einde komen.
17 Hij zou hun het mooiste koren als voedsel geven.
Inderdaad, Ik zou u zoveel honing hebben gegeven
dat u niet meer op kon.’
Psalm 81
New King James Version
An Appeal for Israel’s Repentance
To the Chief Musician. (A)On[a] an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of Asaph.
81 Sing aloud to God our strength;
Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.
2 Raise a song and strike the timbrel,
The pleasant harp with the lute.
3 Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon,
At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.
4 For (B)this is a statute for Israel,
A law of the God of Jacob.
5 This He established in Joseph as a testimony,
When He went throughout the land of Egypt,
(C)Where I heard a language I did not understand.
6 “I removed his shoulder from the burden;
His hands were freed from the baskets.
7 (D)You called in trouble, and I delivered you;
(E)I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I (F)tested you at the waters of [b]Meribah. Selah
8 “Hear,(G) O My people, and I will admonish you!
O Israel, if you will listen to Me!
9 There shall be no (H)foreign god among you;
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
10 (I)I am the Lord your God,
Who brought you out of the land of Egypt;
(J)Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 “But My people would not heed My voice,
And Israel would have (K)none of Me.
12 (L)So I gave them over to [c]their own stubborn heart,
To walk in their own counsels.
13 “Oh,(M) that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!
14 I would soon subdue their enemies,
And turn My hand against their adversaries.
15 (N)The haters of the Lord would pretend submission to Him,
But their [d]fate would endure forever.
16 He would (O)have fed them also with [e]the finest of wheat;
And with honey (P)from the rock I would have satisfied you.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 81:1 Heb. Al Gittith
- Psalm 81:7 Lit. Strife or Contention
- Psalm 81:12 the dictates of their heart
- Psalm 81:15 Lit. time
- Psalm 81:16 Lit. fat of wheat
Psalm 81
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!
2 Raise a song; sound (E)the tambourine,
(F)the sweet lyre with (G)the harp.
3 Blow the trumpet at (H)the new moon,
at the full moon, on our feast day.
4 For it is a statute for Israel,
a rule[b] of the God of Jacob.
5 He made it (I)a decree in (J)Joseph
when he (K)went out over[c] the land of Egypt.
(L)I hear a language (M)I had not known:
6 “I (N)relieved your[d] shoulder of (O)the burden;
your hands were freed from the basket.
7 In distress you (P)called, and I delivered you;
I (Q)answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I (R)tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8 (S)Hear, O my people, while I admonish you!
O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
9 There shall be no (T)strange god among you;
you shall not bow down to a (U)foreign god.
10 (V)I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
(W)Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 “But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel (X)would not submit to me.
12 So I (Y)gave them over to their (Z)stubborn hearts,
to follow their own (AA)counsels.
13 (AB)Oh, that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would (AC)walk in my ways!
14 I would soon subdue their enemies
and (AD)turn my hand against their foes.
15 Those who hate the Lord would (AE)cringe toward him,
and their fate would last forever.
16 But he would feed you[e] with (AF)the finest of the wheat,
and with (AG)honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 81:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 81:4 Or just decree
- Psalm 81:5 Or against
- Psalm 81:6 Hebrew his; also next line
- Psalm 81:16 That is, Israel; Hebrew him
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