Psalm 81

New International Version

For the director of music. According to gittith. Of Asaph.

1 Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!^[1] 2 Begin the music, strike the tambourine, play the melodious harp and lyre. 3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast; 4 this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5 When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say: 6 ‘I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket. 7 In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.^[2] 8 Hear me, my people, and I will warn you – if you would only listen to me, Israel! 9 You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not worship any god other than me. 10 I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. 11 ‘But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me. 12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. 13 ‘If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways, 14 how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes! 15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him, and their punishment would last for ever. 16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.’

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Psalm 81

King James Version

1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts'lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! 14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. 16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

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Psalm 81

Elberfelder Bibel

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Psalm 81

1 Dem Chorleiter. Nach der Gittit. Von Asaf. (Ps 8:1; Ps 50:1) 2 Jubelt Gott zu, unserer Stärke! Jauchzt dem Gott Jakobs! (Ps 59:17) 3 Hebt an den Gesang, und lasst das Tamburin ertönen, die liebliche Zither samt der Harfe! (Ps 33:2; Ps 149:3) 4 Stoßt am Neumond in das Horn, am Vollmond zum Tag unseres Festes! (Nu 10:10) 5 Denn eine Ordnung für Israel ist dies, eine Verordnung des Gottes Jakobs. 6 Er setzte es ein als ein Zeugnis in Josef, als er auszog gegen das Land Ägypten. Eine Sprache höre ich, die ich ⟨bisher⟩ nicht kannte: (Ps 112:4; Ps 114:1) 7 Ich habe von der Last befreit seine Schulter, seine Hände lösten sich vom Tragkorb. (Ex 6:6; Ex 20:2; De 5:6; Jer 16:14)

Ex 6:6Ex 20:2De 5:6Jer 16:14

8 In der Bedrängnis riefst du, und ich befreite dich. Ich antwortete dir im Donnergewölk. Ich prüfte dich am Wasser von Meriba. // (Ex 17:7; Ex 19:16; Nu 20:13) 9 Höre, mein Volk, ich will dich warnen. Israel, wenn du mir doch gehorchtest! (Ex 15:26; Ps 50:7) 10 Es soll kein fremder Gott bei dir sein, und du sollst nicht anbeten einen Gott des Auslands. (Ex 20:3; De 5:7; Jos 24:23) 11 Ich bin der HERR, dein Gott, der dich aus dem Land Ägypten herausgeführt hat. Tue deinen Mund weit auf, und ich will ihn füllen. (Ex 6:6; Ex 20:2; De 5:6; Jer 16:14)

Ex 6:6Ex 20:2De 5:6Jer 16:14

12 Aber mein Volk hat nicht auf meine Stimme gehört, und Israel ist mir nicht willig gewesen. (Ho 9:17) 13 Da gab ich sie dahin in die Verstocktheit ihres Herzens. Sie wandelten nach ihren Ratschlägen. (Pr 1:31; Joh 12:40; Ac 7:42; Ro 1:24)

Pr 1:31Joh 12:40Ac 7:42Ro 1:24

14 Dass mein Volk auf mich hörte, Israel in meinen Wegen wandelte! (De 10:12; Isa 48:18) 15 Bald würde ich ihre Feinde beugen, meine Hand wenden gegen ihre Bedränger. (Le 26:3) 16 Die den HERRN hassen, würden ihm ⟨Ergebung⟩ heucheln, ihre^[1] Zeit würde ewig sein. (De 5:29; Ps 18:45) 17 Mit dem besten^[2] Weizen würde ich^[3] es speisen, und mit Honig aus dem Felsen würde ich es sättigen. (De 32:13; Ps 147:14)