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Passage Lookup: Psalms 81
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16 verses
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Psalms 81:1
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Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
Psalms 81:2
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Begin the music, strike the tambourine, play the melodious harp and lyre.
Psalms 81:3
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Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast;
Psalms 81:4
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this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Psalms 81:5
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He established it as a statute for Joseph when he went out against Egypt, where we heard a language we did not understand.
Psalms 81:6
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He says, "I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
Psalms 81:7
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In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
Psalms 81:8
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"Hear, O my people, and I will warn you- if you would but listen to me, O Israel!
Psalms 81:9
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You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god.
Psalms 81:10
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I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
Psalms 81:11
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"But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.
Psalms 81:12
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So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
Psalms 81:13
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"If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways,
Psalms 81:14
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how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!
Psalms 81:15
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Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
Psalms 81:16
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But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
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