Psalms 81

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself.	1 For the leader; "upon the gittith." Of Asaph.
2 Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.	2 Sing joyfully to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob!
3 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the harp.	3 Take up a melody, sound the timbrel, the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
4 Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the noted day of your solemnity.	4 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our solemn feast.
5 For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob.	5 For this is a law in Israel, an edict of the God of Jacob,
6 He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.	6 Who made it a decree for Joseph when he came out of the land of Egypt. II I hear a new oracle:
7 He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets.	7 "I relieved their shoulders of the burden; their hands put down the basket.
8 Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I delivered thee: I heard thee in the secret place of tempest: I proved thee at the waters of contradiction.	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 Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me,	9 'Listen, my people, I give you warning! If only you will obey me, Israel!
10 there shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.	10 There must be no foreign god among you; you must not worship an alien god.
11 For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.	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 But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.	12 But my people did not listen to my words; Israel did not obey me.
13 So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in their own inventions.	13 So I gave them over to hardness of heart; they followed their own designs.
14 If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my ways:	14 But even now if my people would listen, if Israel would walk in my paths,
15 I should soon have humbled their enemies, and laid my hand on them that troubled them.	15 In a moment I would subdue their foes, against their enemies unleash my hand.
16 The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be for ever.	16 Those who hate the LORD would tremble, their doom sealed forever.
17 And he fed them with the fat of wheat, and filled them with honey out of the rock.	17 But Israel I would feed with the finest wheat, satisfy them with honey from the rock."