• Psalms 81:5

    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.

  • Psalms 81:6

    I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

  • Psalms 81:7

    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.a Selah.

  • Psalms 81:8

    Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

  • Psalms 81:9

    There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

  • Psalms 81:10

    I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

  • Psalms 81:11

    But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

  • Psalms 81:12

    So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

  • Psalms 81:13

    Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

  • Psalms 81:14

    I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

  • Psalms 81:15

    The haters of the LORD should have submittedb themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

  • Psalms 81:16

    He should have fed them also with the finestc of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

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