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Psalms 81

16 aligned verses; 16 with wording or punctuation differences .

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For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength ; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
Sing aloud unto God our strength : Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Lift up a song, strike the tambourine , play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre .
Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel , The pleasant harp with the psaltery .
Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon , on our feast -day .
For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language :
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.
I relieved his shoulder of the burden ; his hands were freed from the basket.
I removed his shoulder from the burden : His hands were freed from the basket.
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
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
Hear, O My people, and I will warn you : O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee : O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt . Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt : Open thy mouth wide , and I will fill it.
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.
So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices .
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels .
If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways ,
Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways !
how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
I would soon subdue their enemies , And turn my hand against their adversaries.
Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever .
The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever .
But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you .
He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee . Psalm 82 A Psalm of Asaph.

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