Thematic Bible




Psalm 81:1 (show verse)

Sing aloud to God our strength;
Shout for joy to the God of Jacob (Israel).

Psalm 81:2 (show verse)


Raise a song, sound the timbrel,
The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

Psalm 81:3 (show verse)


Blow the trumpet at the New Moon,
At the full moon, on our feast day.

Psalm 81:4 (show verse)


For this is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Psalm 81:5 (show verse)


He established it for a testimony in Joseph
When He went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard the language [of One whom] I did not know, saying,

Psalm 81:6 (show verse)


“I removed the burden from his shoulder;
His hands were freed from the basket.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 81:7 (show verse)


“You called in [the time of] trouble and I rescued you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Psalm 81:8 (show verse)


“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you—
O Israel, if you would listen to Me!
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 81:9 (show verse)


“Let there be no strange god among you,
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

Psalm 81:10 (show verse)


“I am the Lord your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

Psalm 81:11 (show verse)


“But My people would not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me.

Psalm 81:12 (show verse)


“So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk in [the path of] their own counsel.

Psalm 81:13 (show verse)


“Oh, that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 81:14 (show verse)


“Then I would quickly subdue and humble their enemies
And turn My hand against their adversaries;
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 81:15 (show verse)


Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him and cringe before Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.

Psalm 81:16 (show verse)


“But I would feed Israel with the finest of the wheat;
And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”