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Psalms • Chapter 81
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Sing praises to God (Elohim), our strength.<br>Sing to the God (Elohim) of Jacob.<br>
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Sing! Beat the tambourine.<br>Play the sweet lyre and the harp.<br>
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Blow the ram’s horn at new moon,<br>and again at full moon to call a festival!<br>
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For this is required by the decrees of Israel;<br>it is a regulation of the God (Elohim) of Jacob.<br>
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He made it a law for Israel<br>when he attacked Egypt to set us free.<br> I heard an unknown voice say,<br>
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“Now I will take the load from your shoulders;<br>I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.<br>
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You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you;<br>I answered out of the thundercloud<br>and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah. <i>Interlude</i><br>
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“Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings.<br>O Israel, if you would only listen to me!<br>
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You must never have a foreign god;<br>you must not bow down before a false god.<br>
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For it was I, the LORD your God (Elohim),<br>who rescued you from the land of Egypt.<br>Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.<br>
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“But no, my people wouldn’t listen.<br>Israel did not want me around.<br>
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So I let them follow their own stubborn desires,<br>living according to their own ideas.<br>
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Oh, that my people would listen to me!<br>Oh, that Israel would follow me, walking in my paths!<br>
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How quickly I would then subdue their enemies!<br>How soon my hands would be upon their foes!<br>
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Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him;<br>they would be doomed forever.<br>
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But I would feed you with the finest wheat.<br>I would satisfy you with wild honey from the rock.”<br>
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