New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition, 1993

Psalms Chapter 81 (NRSVCE)

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¹ Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob.

² Raise a song, sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp.

³ Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our festal day.

⁴ For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

⁵ He made it a decree in Joseph, when he went out over [1] the land of Egypt. I hear a voice I had not known:

⁶ “I relieved your [2] shoulder of the burden; your [3] hands were freed from the basket.

⁷ In distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

⁸ Hear, O my people, while I admonish you; O Israel, if you would but listen to me!

⁹ There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god.

¹⁰ I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

¹¹ “But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.

¹² So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.

¹³ O that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

¹⁴ Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their foes.

¹⁵ Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their doom would last forever.

¹⁶ I would feed you [4] with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

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1	Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob.
2	Raise a song, sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp.
3	Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our festal day.
4	For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5	He made it a decree in Joseph, when he went out over [1] the land of Egypt. I hear a voice I had not known:
6	“I relieved your [2] shoulder of the burden; your [3] hands were freed from the basket.
7	In distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8	Hear, O my people, while I admonish you; O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
9	There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god.
10	I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
11	“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.
12	So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.
13	O that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
14	Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their foes.
15	Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their doom would last forever.
16	I would feed you [4] with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

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