Salmos 81

¹For the leader; upon the gittith. Of Asaph. I Sing joyfully to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob!

²Take up a melody, sound the timbrel, the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.

³Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our solemn feast.

⁴For this is a law in Israel, an edict of the God of Jacob,

⁵Who made it a decree for Joseph when he came out of the land of Egypt. II I hear a new oracle:

⁶I relieved their shoulders of the burden; their hands put down the basket.

⁷In distress you called and I rescued you; unseen, I spoke to you in thunder; At the waters of Meribah I tested you and said: Selah

⁸'Listen, my people, I give you warning! If only you will obey me, Israel!

⁹There must be no foreign god among you; you must not worship an alien god.

¹⁰I, the LORD, am your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth that I may fill it.'

¹¹But my people did not listen to my words; Israel did not obey me.

¹²So I gave them over to hardness of heart; they followed their own designs.

¹³But even now if my people would listen, if Israel would walk in my paths,

¹⁴In a moment I would subdue their foes, against their enemies unleash my hand.

¹⁵Those who hate the LORD would tremble, their doom sealed forever.

¹⁶But Israel I would feed with the finest wheat, satisfy them with honey from the rock.