Chapter 81
1לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַֽל־הַגִּתִּית לְאָסָֽףFor the leader; on the gittith. Of Asaph.
2הַרְנִינוּ לֵאלֹהִים עוּזֵּנוּ הָרִיעוּ לֵאלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹֽבSing joyously to God, our strength; raise a shout for the God of Jacob.
3שְֽׂאוּ־זִמְרָה וּתְנוּ־תֹף כִּנּוֹר נָעִים עִם־נָֽבֶלTake up the song, sound the hand-drum, the melodious lyre and harp.
4תִּקְעוּ בַחֹדֶשׁ שׁוֹפָר בַּכֵּסֶה לְיוֹם חַגֵּֽנוּBlow the horn on the new moon, on the full moon for our feast day.
5כִּי חֹק לְיִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא מִשְׁפָּט לֵאלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹֽבFor it is a law for Israel, a ruling of the God of Jacob—
6עֵדוּת בִּיהוֹסֵף שָׂמוֹ בְּצֵאתוֹ עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם שְׂפַת לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי אֶשְׁמָֽעimposed as a decree upon Joseph when he went forth from the land of Egypt; I heard a language that I knew not.
7הֲסִירוֹתִי מִסֵּבֶל שִׁכְמוֹ כַּפָּיו מִדּוּד תַּעֲבֹֽרְנָה“I relieved his shoulder of the burden, his hands were freed from the basket.
8בַּצָּרָה קָרָאתָ וָאֲחַלְּצֶךָּ אֶעֶנְךָ בְּסֵתֶר רַעַם אֶבְחׇנְךָ עַל־מֵי מְרִיבָה סֶֽלָהIn distress you called and I rescued you; I answered you from the secret place of thunder I tested you at the Waters of Meribah. Selah.
9שְׁמַע עַמִּי וְאָעִידָה בָּךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל אִם־תִּֽשְׁמַֽע־לִֽיHear, My people, and I will admonish you; Israel, if you would but listen to Me!
10לֹא־יִהְיֶה בְךָ אֵל זָר וְלֹא תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לְאֵל נֵכָֽרYou shall have no foreign god, you shall not bow to an alien god.
11אָֽנֹכִי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הַֽמַּעַלְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם הַרְחֶב־פִּיךָ וַאֲמַלְאֵֽהוּI the ETERNAL am your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
12וְלֹא־שָׁמַע עַמִּי לְקוֹלִי וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא־אָבָה לִֽיBut My people would not listen to Me, Israel would not obey Me.
13וָאֲשַׁלְּחֵהוּ בִּשְׁרִירוּת לִבָּם יֵלְכוּ בְּֽמוֹעֲצוֹתֵיהֶֽםSo I let them go after their willful heart that they might follow their own devices.
14לוּ עַמִּי שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּדְרָכַי יְהַלֵּֽכוּIf only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My paths,
15כִּמְעַט אוֹיְבֵיהֶם אַכְנִיעַ וְעַל צָרֵיהֶם אָשִׁיב יָדִֽיthen would I subdue their enemies at once, strike their foes again and again.”
16מְשַׂנְאֵי יְהֹוָה יְכַחֲשׁוּ־לוֹ וִיהִי עִתָּם לְעוֹלָֽםThose who hate GOD shall cower; their doom shall be eternal.
17וַֽיַּאֲכִילֵהוּ מֵחֵלֶב חִטָּה וּמִצּוּר דְּבַשׁ אַשְׂבִּיעֶֽךָ[God] fed Israel the finest wheat; “I sated you with honey from the rock.”