Lexham English Bible

Psalms 81:1-10 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

1. Shout out to God our strength; shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

2. Lift up a song and strike the tambourine, the pleasant lyre, together with the harp.

3. Blow the horn at new moon, at full moon, for our feast day,

4. because it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5. He made it a statute in Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, where I heard a language I did not know.

6. “I removed his shoulder from a burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

7. In this trouble you called, and I rescued you. Within the secret place of thunder I answered you; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

8. Hear, O my people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would but listen to me.

9. There shall be no strange god among you, and you shall not bow down to a foreign god.

10. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.