{"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/drb/psalms/81","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T01:41:58.630Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":81,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":80,"nextChapter":82,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself. Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the harp. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the noted day of your solemnity. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I delivered thee: I heard thee in the secret place of tempest: I proved thee at the waters of contradiction. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me, "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"there shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in their own inventions. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my ways: "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I should soon have humbled their enemies, and laid my hand on them that troubled them. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The enemies of the Lord have lied to him: and their time shall be for ever. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And he fed them with the fat of wheat, and filled them with honey out of the rock. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 81 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 81](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/81)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/81 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}