Psalms 81

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob!	1 For the leader; "upon the gittith." Of Asaph.
2 Raise a song, sound the timbrel, the sweet lyre with the harp.	2 Sing joyfully to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob!
3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.	3 Take up a melody, sound the timbrel, the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
4 For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.	4 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our solemn feast.
5 He made it a decree in Joseph, when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a voice I had not known:	5 For this is a law in Israel, an edict of the God of Jacob,
6 "I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket.	6 Who made it a decree for Joseph when he came out of the land of Egypt. II I hear a new oracle:
7 In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. [Selah]	7 "I relieved their shoulders of the burden; their hands put down the basket.
8 Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me!	8 In distress you called and I rescued you; unseen, I spoke to you in thunder; At the waters of Meribah I tested you and said: Selah
9 There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god.	9 'Listen, my people, I give you warning! If only you will obey me, Israel!
10 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.	10 There must be no foreign god among you; you must not worship an alien god.
11 "But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would have none of me.	11 I, the LORD, am your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth that I may fill it.'
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.	12 But my people did not listen to my words; Israel did not obey me.
13 O that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!	13 So I gave them over to hardness of heart; they followed their own designs.
14 I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their foes.	14 But even now if my people would listen, if Israel would walk in my paths,
15 Those who hate the LORD would cringe toward him, and their fate would last for ever.	15 In a moment I would subdue their foes, against their enemies unleash my hand.
16 I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."	16 Those who hate the LORD would tremble, their doom sealed forever.
	17 But Israel I would feed with the finest wheat, satisfy them with honey from the rock."