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  81:1 ¶
[[For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the wine-presses.]] Rejoice ye in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob. |
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81:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musicianºº
uponº
Gittith,º
[A Psalm] of Asaph.]]º
Sing aloudºº
unto Elohimº
our strength:º
make a joyful noiseºº
unto the Elohimº
of Jacob.º |
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81:2
Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant psaltery with the harp. |
81:2
Takeºº
a psalm,º
and bringºº
hither the timbrel,º
the pleasantº
harpº
withº
the psaltery.º |
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81:3
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the glorious day of your feast. |
81:3
Blow upºº
the trumpetº
in the new moon,º
in the time appointed,º
on our solemn feastº
day.º |
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81:4
For [this] is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob. |
81:4
Forº
thisº
[was] a statuteº
for Israel,º
[and] a lawº
of the Elohimº
of Jacob.º |
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81:5
He made it [to be] a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Mizraim{gr.Egypt}: he heard a language which he understood not. |
81:5
This he ordainedºº
in Josephº
[for] a testimony,º
when he went outºº
throughº
the landº
of Egypt:º
[where] I heardºº
a languageº
[that] I understoodºº
not.º |
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81:6
He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets. |
81:6
I removedºº
his shoulderº
from the burden:ºº
his handsº
were deliveredºº
from the pots.ºº |
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81:7
Thou didst call upon me in trouble, and I delivered thee; I heard thee in the secret place of the storm: I proved thee at the water of Strife. Pause. |
81:7
Thou calledstºº
in trouble,º
and I deliveredºº
thee; I answeredºº
thee in the secret placeº
of thunder:º
I provedºº
thee atº
the watersº
of Meribah.º
Selah.º |
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81:8
Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel; and I will testify to thee: if thou wilt hearken to me; |
81:8
Hear,ºº
O my people,º
and I will testifyºº
unto thee: O Israel,º
ifº
thou wilt hearkenºº
unto me; |
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81:9
there shall be no new god in thee; neither shalt thou worship a strange god. |
81:9
There shall noº
strangeºº
elº
beº
in thee; neitherº
shalt thou worshipºº
any strangeº
el.º |
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81:10
For I am the Lord thy God, that brought thee out of the land of Mizraim{gr.Egypt}: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. |
81:10
Iº
[am] Yahwehº
thy Elohim,º
which broughtºº
thee out of the landºº
of Egypt:º
open thy mouthº
wide,ºº
and I will fillºº
it. |
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81:11
But my people hearkened not to my voice; and Israel gave no heed to me. |
81:11
But my peopleº
would notº
hearkenºº
to my voice;º
and Israelº
wouldºº
noneº
of me. |
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81:12
So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways. |
81:12
So I gave them upºº
unto their own hearts'º
lust:º
[and] they walkedººº
in their own counsels.º |
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81:13
If my people had hearkened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways, |
81:13
Ohº
thatº
my peopleº
had hearkenedºº
unto me, [and] Israelº
had walkedºº
in my ways!º |
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81:14
I should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them. |
81:14
I should soonº
have subduedºº
their enemies,ºº
and turnedºº
my handº
againstº
their adversaries.º |
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81:15
The Lord's enemies [should have] lied to him: but their time shall be for ever. |
81:15
The hatersºº
of Yahwehº
should have submittedºº
themselves unto him: but their timeº
should have enduredº
for ever.º |
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81:16
And he fed them with the fat of wheat; and satisfied them with honey out of the rock. |
81:16
He should have fedºº
them also with the finestºº
of the wheat:º
and with honeyº
out of the rockºº
should I have satisfiedºº
thee. |
