81 Shout out to God our strength;
shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.
² Lift up a song and strike^[b] the tambourine,
the pleasant lyre, together with the harp.
³ Blow the horn at new moon,
at full moon, for our feast day,
⁴ because it is a statute for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
⁵ He made it a statute^[c] in Joseph
when he went out against the land of Egypt,
where I heard a language I did not know.^[d]
6 “I removed his shoulder from a burden.
His hands were freed from the basket.
⁷ In this^[e] trouble you called, and I rescued you.
Within the secret place of thunder I answered you;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
⁸ Hear, O my people, and I will admonish you;
O Israel, if you would but listen to me.
⁹ There shall be no strange god among you,
and you shall not bow down to a foreign god.
¹⁰ I am Yahweh your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
¹¹ But my people did not listen to my voice,
and Israel did not yield to me.
¹² So I let them^[f] go in the stubbornness of their heart;
they walked in their counsels.
¹³ Oh that my people would listen to me;
that Israel would walk in my ways.
¹⁴ I would subdue their enemies quickly,
and turn my hand against their adversaries.
¹⁵ Those who hate Yahweh would cringe before him,
and their fate^[g] would be forever.
¹⁶ But he would feed him^[h] from the choicest wheat,^[i]
and I would satisfy you with honey from a rock.”