Psalm 81

Chant Psalter

Natural Speech Rhythm

1 Sing we merrily unto | God our | strength ||

make a cheerful | noise un•to the | God of | Jacob. ||

2 Take the psalm, bring | 3 hither the | tabret ||

the | merry | harp • with the | lute. ||

3 Blow up the trumpet 3 in | the new | moon ||

even in the time appointed, | and up•on our | solemn | feast day. ||

4 For this was made a | 3 statute for | Isra•el ||

and a | law • of the | God of | Jacob. ||

5 This he ordained in | Joseph • for a | testi•mony ||

when he came out of the land of | Egypt, • and had | heard a • strange | language. ||

6 I eased his | shoulder • from the | burden ||

and his hands were de- | 3 livered from | 3 making the | pots. ||

7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles, and | I de- | livered • thee ||

and heard thee what time as the storm fell upon thee. * 8 I proved thee | also • at the | waters • of | strife. ||

9 3 Hear, | O my | people, ||

and I will assure thee, O | Isra•el, | 3 if thou wilt | hearken • unto me, ||

10 There shall no | strange god | be in • thee ||

neither shalt thou | worship • any | other | god. ||

11 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the | land of | Egypt ||

open thy mouth | wide, and | I shall | fill it. ||

12 But my people would not | hear my | voice ||

and | Isra•el | 3 would not o- | bey me. ||

13 So I gave them up unto their | own hearts' | lusts ||

and let them | follow • their | own im•agin- | ations. ||

14 O that my | people • would have | hearkened • unto me ||

for if | Isra•el had | 3 walked in my | ways, ||

15 I should soon have put | down their | ene•mies ||

and turned my | hand a- | gainst their | adver•saries. ||

16 The haters of the Lord | should have been • found | liars ||

but their | time • should have en- | dured for | ever. ||

17 He should have fed them also with the | finest | wheat flour ||

and with honey out of the stony | rock should | I have | satis•fied thee. ||

Glory | be • to the | Father, ||

and to the Son, | and • to the | Holy | Ghost; ||

As it | was in • the be- | ginning, ||

is now, and ever shall be, * | world with•out | end. A- | men. ||