Psalm 81:2-5

English Standard Version

²Raise a song; sound ^(A)the tambourine,
^(B)the sweet lyre with ^(C)the harp.
³Blow the trumpet at ^(D)the new moon,
at the full moon, on our feast day.

⁴For it is a statute for Israel,
a rule^[a] of the God of Jacob.
⁵He made it ^(E)a decree in ^(F)Joseph
when he ^(G)went out over^[b] the land of Egypt.
^(H)I hear a language ^(I)I had not known:

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Psalm 81:4 Or just decree
Psalm 81:5 Or against

Psalm 81:2-5

New International Version

²Begin the music, strike the timbrel,^(A)
play the melodious harp^(B) and lyre.^(C)

³Sound the ram’s horn^(D) at the New Moon,^(E)
    and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;
⁴this is a decree for Israel,
    an ordinance of the God of Jacob.^(F)
⁵When God went out against Egypt,^(G)
    he established it as a statute for Joseph.