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		Ps 81:1 Sing aloud to God our strength; Shout for joy to the God of Jacob (Israel).
		Ps 81:2 Raise a song, sound the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
		Ps 81:3 Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.
		Ps 81:4 For this is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
		Ps 81:5 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,
		Ps 81:6 ¶ "I removed the burden from his shoulder; His hands were freed from the basket.
		Ps 81:7 "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. [Num 20:3, 13, 24] Selah.
		Ps 81:8 "Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you-- O Israel, if you would listen to Me!
		Ps 81:9 "Let there be no strange god among you, Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
		Ps 81:10 "I am the LORD your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
		Ps 81:11 ¶ "But My people would not listen to My voice, And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me.
		Ps 81:12 "So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in [the path of] their own counsel. [Acts 7:42, 43; 14:16; Rom 1:24, 26]
		Ps 81:13 "Oh, that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!
		Ps 81:14 "Then I would quickly subdue and humble their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries;
		Ps 81:15 Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him and cringe before Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.
		Ps 81:16 "But I would feed Israel with the finest of the wheat; And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you." A Psalm of Asaph.<SS>

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