[1] To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith. Of Asaph. [2] \81:1\Make
a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob. [3]
\81:2\Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded
instruments. [4] \81:3\Let the horn be sounded in the time of the new moon,
at the full moon, on our holy feast-day: [5] \81:4\For this is a rule for
Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. [6] \81:5\He gave it to Joseph as a
witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a
strange tongue were sounding in my ears. [7] \81:6\I took the weight from
his back; his hands were made free from the baskets. [8] \81:7\You gave a
cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the
secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of
Meribah. (Selah.) [9] \81:8\Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my
word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say! [10] \81:9\There is to be no
strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god. [11]
\81:10\I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let
your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food. [12] \81:11\But my
people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with
me. [13] \81:12\So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they
might go after their evil purposes. [14] \81:13\If only my people would
give ear to me, walking in my ways! [15] \81:14\I would quickly overcome
their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.
[16] \81:15\The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their destruction
would be eternal. [17] \81:16\I would give them the best grain for food;
you would be full of honey from the rock.
