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For the
Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. |
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Psalm 81:1 |
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Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful
noise unto the God of Jacob. |
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Psalm 81:2 |
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Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel,
The pleasant harp with the psaltery. |
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Psalm 81:3 |
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Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full
moon, on our feast-day. |
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Psalm 81:4 |
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For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance
of the God of Jacob. |
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Psalm 81:5 |
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He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When
he went out over the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language that I knew not. |
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Psalm 81:6 |
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I removed his shoulder from the burden: His
hands were freed from the basket. |
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Psalm 81:7 |
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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 |
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Psalm 81:8 |
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Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee:
O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me! |
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Psalm 81:9 |
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There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither
shalt thou worship any foreign god. |
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Psalm 81:10 |
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I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out
of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. |
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Psalm 81:11 |
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But my people hearkened not to my voice; And
Israel would none of me. |
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Psalm 81:12 |
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So I let them go after the stubbornness of their
heart, That they might walk in their own counsels. |
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Psalm 81:13 |
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Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That
Israel would walk in my ways! |
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Psalm 81:14 |
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I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn
my hand against their adversaries. |
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Psalm 81:15 |
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The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves
unto him: But their time should endure for ever. |
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Psalm 81:16 |
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He would feed them also with the finest of the
wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee. |
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