Psalm 81-82

New King James Version

³ Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon,
At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.
⁴ For ^(B)this is a statute for Israel,
A law of the God of Jacob.
⁵ This He established in Joseph as a testimony,
When He went throughout the land of Egypt,
^(C)Where I heard a language I did not understand.

⁶ “I removed his shoulder from the burden;
His hands were freed from the baskets.
^7 (D)You called in trouble, and I delivered you;
^(E)I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I ^(F)tested you at the waters of ^[b]Meribah. Selah

⁸ “Hear,^(G) O My people, and I will admonish you!
O Israel, if you will listen to Me!
⁹ There shall be no ^(H)foreign god among you;
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
^10 (I)I am the Lord your God,
Who brought you out of the land of Egypt;
^(J)Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ “But My people would not heed My voice,
And Israel would have ^(K)none of Me.
^12 (L)So I gave them over to ^[c]their own stubborn heart,
To walk in their own counsels.

¹³ “Oh,^(M) that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!
¹⁴ I would soon subdue their enemies,
And turn My hand against their adversaries.
^15 (N)The haters of the Lord would pretend submission to Him,
But their ^[d]fate would endure forever.
¹⁶ He would ^(O)have fed them also with ^[e]the finest of wheat;
And with honey ^(P)from the rock I would have satisfied you.”

⁵ They do not know, nor do they understand;
They walk about in darkness;
All the ^(U)foundations of the earth are ^[i]unstable.

⁶ I said, ^(V)“You are ^[j]gods,
And all of you are children of the Most High.
⁷ But you shall die like men,
And fall like one of the princes.”

⁸ Arise, O God, judge the earth;
^(W)For You shall inherit all nations.