Psalms 81 - 82 — Legacy Standard Bible

Oh That My People Would Listen to Me

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

^aSing for joy to God our ^bstrength;Make a loud ^cshout to the ^dGod of Jacob.²Lift up a song of praise, strike ^athe tambourine,The sweet sounding ^blyre with the ^charp.³Blow the trumpet at the ^anew moon,At the full moon, on our ^bfeast day.⁴For it is a statute for Israel,^aA judgment of the God of Jacob.⁵He established it for a testimony in JosephWhen he ^awent forth over the land of Egypt.I heard a ^blanguage that I did not know:⁶“I ¹^,^arelieved his shoulder of the burden,His hands were freed from the ²basket.⁷“You ^acalled in distress and I rescued you;I ^banswered you in the hiding place of thunder;I tested you at the ^cwaters of Meribah. ¹ Selah.⁸“^aHear, O My people, and I will testify against you;O Israel, if you ^bwould listen to Me!⁹“Let there be no ^astrange god among you;And you shall not worship a foreign god.¹⁰“^aI am Yahweh your God,Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;^bOpen your mouth wide and I will ^cfill it.¹¹“But My people ^adid not listen to My voice,And Israel was not willing to obey Me.¹²“So I ^areleased ¹them over to the stubbornness of their heart,That they would walk in their own devices.¹³“Oh that My people ^awould listen to Me,That Israel would ^bwalk in My ways!¹⁴“I would quickly ^asubdue their enemiesAnd I would ^bturn My hand against their adversaries.¹⁵“^aThose who hate Yahweh would ^bcower before Him,And their time of punishment would be forever.¹⁶“¹But I would feed you with the ²^,^afinest of the wheat,And with ^bhoney from the rock I would satisfy you.”

God Stands in Judgment

A Psalm of Asaph.

God takes His ^astand in the congregation of ¹God;He ^bjudges in the midst of ²^,^cgods.²How long will you ^ajudge unrighteouslyAnd ^bshow partiality to the wicked? ¹ Selah.³^aGive justice to the poor and the orphan;Justify the afflicted and destitute.⁴^aProtect the poor and needy;Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.⁵They ^ado not know and do not understand;They ^bwalk about in darkness;All the ^cfoundations of the earth are shaken.⁶¹I ^asaid, “You are gods,And all of you are ^bsons of the Most High.⁷“Nevertheless ^ayou will die like menAnd you will fall like any ^bone of the princes.”⁸^aArise, O God, ^bjudge the earth!For it is You who ^cwill inherit all the nations.