Psa Psalms, psalm Book of Psalms, psalm 81
For the music director. On the gittith. A psalm of Asaph.Psa 8:0; Psa 84:0
Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob.
Start the song! Play the tambourine, sweet-sounding lyre, and harp.
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, and at the full moon, to begin our festivals,Num 10:10
for this is a rule for Israel, a regulation of the God of Jacob.Exo 23:17
God made this statute for Joseph when he opposed the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I didn't know, saying:81:5. Meaning unclear. Literally, “I hear lips I do not know.”
“I took the load from your shoulders; I freed your hands from carrying heavy baskets.
In your suffering you cried out to me, and I saved you. I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.81:7. See Exodus 17. Selah.Exo 17:6
My people, listen to my warnings! Israel, please listen to me!Exo 20:1; Psa 50:7
There must not be a strange god among you; you must never bow down to foreign gods and worship them.
I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.81:10 In other words God will supply all their needs.
But my people didn't listen to me. Israel didn't want anything to do with me.
So I sent them away to follow their stubborn thinking, living as they chose.Act 14:16
If only my people would listen to me; if only Israel would follow my ways!Lev 26:3
It wouldn't take me long to conquer their enemies, to strike down their foes.
Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him, forever doomed.
But I would feed you the best wheat and satisfy you with honey from the rock.”Deu 32:13