{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/81","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T08:25:44.290Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":81,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":80,"nextChapter":82,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Take a psalm, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant harp with the psaltery."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder: I proved you at the waters of Meribah.  Selah."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Hear, O my people, and I will testify to you: O Israel, if you will listen to me;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"There shall no strange god be in you; neither shall you worship any strange god."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"But my people would not listen to my voice; and Israel would none of me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"So I gave them up to their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Oh that my people had listened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways!"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves to him: but their time should have endured for ever."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied you."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 81 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 81](https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/81)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/81 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}