Psalm 81:3-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 Take up a melody, sound the timbrel,
the pleasant lyre with a harp.
4 [a]Blow the shofar at the new moon,
at the full moon, on our solemn feast.(A)
Psalm 81:5-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 For this is a law for Israel,
an edict of the God of Jacob,(A)
6 He made it a decree for Joseph
when he came out of the land of Egypt.
Psalm 81:6-8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 He made it a decree for Joseph
when he came out of the land of Egypt.
II
7 [a]I heard a tongue I did not know:
“I removed his shoulder from the burden;[b]
his hands moved away from the basket.(A)
8 In distress you called and I rescued you;
I answered you in secret with thunder;
At the waters of Meribah[c] I tested you:(B)
Footnotes
- 81:7 I heard a tongue I did not know: a Temple official speaks the word of God (Ps 81:5b–16), which is authoritative and unlike merely human words (cf. Nm 24:4, 16).
- 81:7 I removed his shoulder from the burden: A reference to the liberation of Israel from slavery in Egypt. The basket: for carrying clay to make bricks, cf. Ex 1:14.
- 81:8 Meribah: place of rebellion in the wilderness; cf. Ex 17:7; Nm 20:13.
Psalm 81:10-11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 There shall be no foreign god among you;[a](A)
you shall not bow down to an alien god.
11 ‘I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open wide your mouth that I may fill it.’
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