Psalm 81 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

¹ To the overseer upon the stringed instrument; to Asaph. Rejoice ye in God our strength: shout to the God of Jacob.

² Lift up music, and ye shall give the drum, the pleasant harp, with the lyre.

³ Strike ye the trumpet in the new in the full moon, for the day of our festival.

⁴ For it is a law to Israel, a judgment to the God of Jacob.

⁵ He set him a testimony in Joseph in his going forth upon the land of Egypt: I shall hear a lip I knew not

⁶ I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands shall past by from the basket

⁷ Thou calledst in straits, and I will deliver thee; I will answer thee in the hiding place of thunder. I will prove thee at the water of strife. Silence.

⁸ Hear, O my people, and I will testify in thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hear to me;

⁹ A strange god shall not be in thee; and thou shalt not worship to a strange god.

¹⁰ I am Jehovah thy God bringing thee up from the land of Egypt: make broad thy mouth and I will fill it

¹¹ And my people heard not to my voice; and Israel was not inclined to me.

¹² And I will send him forth in the hardnesses of their heart: they shall go in their counsels.

¹³ Would that my people heard to me! Israel shall go in my ways.

¹⁴ Shortly I shall humble their enemies, and against their adversaries I will turn back my hand.

¹⁵ They hating Jehovah shall lie to him: and their time shall be forever.

¹⁶ And he shall cause them to eat from the fat of wheat, and from the rock with honey will I satisfy thee.