Psalm 81

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Verse	BSB	KJV	WEB	ASV
1	Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.	Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.	Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!	Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2	Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.	Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.	Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.	Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3	Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.	Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.	Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.	Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.
4	For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.	For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.	For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.	For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5	He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:	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.	He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know.	He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language that I knew not.
6	“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.	I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.	“I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.	I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.
7	You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah	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.	You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.” Selah.	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
8	Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!	Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;	“Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!	Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
9	There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.	There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.	There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.	There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
10	I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.	I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.	I am the Lord, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.	I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11	But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.	But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.	But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.	But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.
12	So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.	So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.	So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.	So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.
13	If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,	Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!	Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!	Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
14	how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!	I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.	I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.	I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
15	Those who hate the Lord would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.	The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.	The haters of the Lord would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.	The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.
16	But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”	He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.	But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”	He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.