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.
²Raise a song and strike the timbrel,
The pleasant harp with the lute.

³Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon,
At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.
⁴For ^(B)this is a statute for Israel,
A law of the God of Jacob.
⁵This 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!
⁹There 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!
¹⁴I 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.
¹⁶He 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

Mark 15:33-47

New King James Version

Jesus Dies on the Cross^(A)

³³Now ^(B)when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. ³⁴And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, ^(C)“My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

³⁵Some of those who stood by, when they heard that, said, “Look, He is calling for Elijah!” ³⁶Then ^(D)someone ran and filled a sponge full of sour wine, put it on a reed, and ^(E)offered it to Him to drink, saying, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will come to take Him down.”

³⁷^(F)And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last.

³⁸Then ^(G)the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. ³⁹So ^(H)when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that ^[a]He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!”

⁴⁰^(I)There were also women looking on ^(J)from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome, ⁴¹who also ^(K)followed Him and ministered to Him when He was in Galilee, and many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Buried in Joseph’s Tomb^(L)

⁴²^(M)Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ⁴³Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who ^(N)was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴Pilate marveled that He was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if He had been dead for some time. ⁴⁵So when he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶^(O)Then he bought fine linen, took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen. And he laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. ⁴⁷And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses observed where He was laid.