微读圣经

For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.81:0 1Ch 16:5,7; Ps 8; 84

1Sing for joy to God our strength;

shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.81:1 Ps 59:16; 95:1–2; 98:4

2Lift up a song — play the tambourine,

the melodious lyre, and the harp.81:2 Ps 33:2; 71:22; 92:3

3Blow the ram’s horn on the day of our feasts81:3 Lit feast

during the new moon81:3 Lv 23:24; Nm 10:10; 29:1

and during the full moon.

4For this is a statute for Israel,

an ordinance of the God of Jacob.81:4 1Ch 16:17; Ps 105:10

5He set it up as a decree for Joseph

when he went throughout81:5 Or he gained authority over the land of Egypt.81:5 Ps 78:5; 122:4

I heard an unfamiliar language:

6“I relieved his shoulder from the burden;

his hands were freed from carrying the basket.81:6 Is 9:4; 10:27

7You called out in distress, and I rescued you;

I answered you from the thundercloud.81:7 Ex 14:24; 20:18–20

I tested you at the Waters of Meribah.81:7 Ex 17:1–7; Nm 20:2–13Selah

8Listen, my people, and I will admonish you.

Israel, if you would only listen to me!81:8 Ps 50:7

9There must not be a strange god among you;

you must not bow down to a foreign god.81:9 Ex 20:3–5; 22:20; 34:14

10I am the Lord your God,

who brought you up from the land of Egypt.81:10 Ex 20:2; Dt 5:6

Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.81:10 Ps 78:25; 107:9

11“But my people did not listen to my voice;

Israel did not obey me.81:11 Jr 7:24; 13:10

12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts

to follow their own plans.81:12 Jb 8:4; Jr 11:8

13If only my people would listen to me

and Israel would follow my ways,81:13 Dt 5:29; Is 48:18

14I would quickly subdue their enemies

and turn my hand against their foes.”81:14 Ps 18:47; 47:3; Am 1:8

15Those who hate the Lord

would cower to him;81:15 Ps 18:44; 66:3

their doom would last forever.81:15 Dt 32:35

16But he would feed Israel81:16 Lit him with the best wheat.

“I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”81:16 Nm 18:12; Dt 32:13–14; Ps 147:14

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