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Psalms 81

16 aligned verses; 16 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse BSB Berean Standard Bible YLT Young's Literal Translation
For the choirmaster . According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength ; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
To the Overseer . -- `On the Gittith. ' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength , Shout to the God of Jacob.
Lift up a song, strike the tambourine , play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre .
Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel , A pleasant harp with psaltery .
Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,
For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
For a statute to Israel it `is' , 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:
A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt . A lip , I have not known -- I hear.
“I relieved his shoulder of the burden ; his hands were freed from the basket.
From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over .
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
In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder , I try thee by 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 testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me :
There must be no strange god among you , nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange 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 bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I 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 hath not consented to Me.
So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices .
And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels .
If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways ,
O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.
how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand ,
Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever .
Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him , But their time is -- to the age .
But I would feed you the finest wheat ; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat , And ` with ' honey from a rock I satisfy thee!

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