Psalms 81
16 verses
Psalm 81 is a liturgical with oracle combining worship celebration with prophetic warning against unfaithfulness to the covenant, exemplifying the theological concerns of Book 3. The psalmist employs vivid imagery and direct address to God, establishing the intimate dialogue between worshiper and the divine that characterizes the psalmic tradition. The theological assertions center on God's character as both judge and redeemer, creating a comprehensive vision of divine justice and mercy integrated with human experience. The psalm reflects on both personal circumstance and communal identity, suggesting that individual faith finds validation through shared experience with the covenant community. The liturgical context indicates this psalm's function in worship where personal piety integrates with communal celebration of God's acts and attributes. The concluding movement typically affirms confidence in God's faithfulness, exemplifying the psalmic pattern of transformation through prayer and remembrance of divine acts throughout history.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
1
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
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2
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
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3
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
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For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
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5
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
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Following God is costly, but the reward is eternal.. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do ...
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I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
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Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
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Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
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There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
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10
I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
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12
So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
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13
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
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14
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
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15
The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
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He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
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