Psalm 81:1-Psalm 82:1 - A Call To Obedience

¹ For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.
² Lift up a song—play the tambourine,
the melodious lyre, and the harp.
³ Blow the horn on the day of our feasts
during the new moon
and during the full moon.
⁴ For this is a statute for Israel,
a judgment of the God of Jacob.
⁵ He set it up as an ordinance for Joseph
when He went throughout the land of Egypt.

I heard an unfamiliar language:

⁶ “I relieved his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.
⁷ You called out in distress, and I rescued you;
I answered you from the thundercloud.
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah
⁸ Listen, My people, and I will admonish you.
Israel, if you would only listen to Me!
⁹ There must not be a strange god among you;
you must not bow down to a foreign god.
¹⁰ I am Yahweh your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ “But My people did not listen to Me;
Israel did not obey Me.
¹² So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own plans.
¹³ If only My people would listen to Me
and Israel would follow My ways,
¹⁴ I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn My hand against their foes.”
¹⁵ Those who hate the Lord
would pretend submission to Him;
their doom would last forever.
¹⁶ But He would feed Israel with the best wheat.
“I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”