{"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/asv/psalms/81","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T19:26:34.105Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":81,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":80,"nextChapter":82,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language that I knew not."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 81 (ASV)","markdown":"[Psalms 81](https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/81)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/81 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}