Psalm 81, to the chief musician upon Gidath, a psalm of Asaph.
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the
land of Egypt, where I heard a language that I understood not.
I removed his shoulder from the burden, his hands were delivered from the pots.
Thou colt in trouble, and I delivered thee.
I answered thee in the secret place of thunder.
I proved thee at the waters of Meribah, Sila.
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto
me.
There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any strange
god.
I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
But my people would not hearken to my voice, and Israel would none of me.
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust, and they walked in their own
counsels.
O that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their
adversaries.
The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him,
but their time should have endured forever.
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat, and with honey out of
the rock should I have satisfied thee.