Psalm 81 - 82

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Oh That My People Would Listen to Me

For the choir director. According to the Gittith. Of Asaph.

Sing for joy to God our strength;

Make a loud shout to the God of Jacob.

Lift up a song of praise, strike the tambourine,

The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

Blow the trumpet at the new moon,

At the full moon, on our feast day.

For it is a statute for Israel,

A judgment of the God of Jacob.

He established it for a testimony in Joseph

When he went forth over the land of Egypt.

I heard a language that I did not know:

“I relieved his shoulder of the burden,

His hands were freed from the basket.

You called in distress and I rescued you;

I answered you in the hiding place of thunder;

I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Hear, O My people, and I will testify against you;

O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

Let there be no strange god among you;

And you shall not worship a foreign god.

I am Yahweh your God,

Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;

Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

“But My people did not listen to My voice,

And Israel was not willing to obey Me.

So I released them over to the stubbornness of their heart,

That they would walk in their own devices.

Oh that My people would listen to Me,

That Israel would walk in My ways!

I would quickly subdue their enemies

And I would turn My hand against their adversaries.

Those who hate Yahweh would cower before Him,

And their time of punishment would be forever.

But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat,

And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

God Stands in Judgment

A Psalm of Asaph.

God takes His stand in the congregation of God;

He judges in the midst of gods.

How long will you judge unrighteously

And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

Give justice to the poor and the orphan;

Justify the afflicted and destitute.

Protect the poor and needy;

Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

They do not know and do not understand;

They walk about in darkness;

All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

I said, “You are gods,

And all of you are sons of the Most High.

Nevertheless you will die like men

And you will fall like any one of the princes.”

Arise, O God, judge the earth!

For it is You who will inherit all the nations.

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