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Psalms 81

16 aligned verses; 16 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse KJV King James Version BSB Berean Standard Bible
Sing aloud unto God our strength : make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength ; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
Take a psalm , and bring hither the timbrel , the pleasant harp with the psaltery .
Lift up a song , strike the tambourine , play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre .
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day .
Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
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.
He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt , where I heard an unfamiliar language :
I removed his shoulder from the burden : his hands were delivered from the pots .
I relieved his shoulder of the burden ; his hands were freed from the basket .
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 .
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
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee : O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me ;
Hear, O My people, and I will warn you : O Israel, if only you would listen to Me !
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign 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.
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt . Open wide your mouth , and I will fill it.
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
So I gave them up unto their own hearts ' lust: and they walked in their own counsels .
So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices .
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways !
If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways ,
I should soon have subdued their enemies , and turned my hand against their adversaries.
how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever .
Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last 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 .
But I would feed you the finest wheat ; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you .

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