{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":81,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/80","next":"psalms/82","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.","f":["Gittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 8 and 84."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Sing for joy to God our strength;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob."}],"h":"Sing for Joy to God Our Strength","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Lift up a song, strike the tambourine,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, [and] at the full moon on the day of our Feast.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] at the full moon on the day of our Feast."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For this is a statute for Israel,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"an ordinance of the God of Jacob."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, [where] I heard an unfamiliar language:","f":["Or in Joseph"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when he went out over the land of Egypt,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[where] I heard an unfamiliar language:"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"“ I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ I relieved his shoulder of the burden;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"his hands were freed from the basket."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah","f":["Meribah means quarreling; see Exodus 17:7."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You called out in distress, and I rescued you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I answered you from the cloud of thunder;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I tested you at the waters of Meribah."},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Hear, O My people, and I will warn you:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"There must be no strange god among you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"nor shall you bow to a foreign god."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I am the LORD your God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who brought you up out of Egypt."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Open wide your mouth,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I will fill it."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But My people would not listen to Me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and Israel would not obey Me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to follow their own devices."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If only My people would listen to Me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"if Israel would follow My ways,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"how soon I would subdue their enemies"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and turn My hand against their foes!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and their doom would last forever."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But I would feed you the finest wheat;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”"}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph."}