{"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/erv/psalms/81","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T20:37:19.968Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":81,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":80,"nextChapter":82,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Take up the psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, at the full moon, on our solemn 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 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 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 strange god."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I am the LORD thy God, which 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 should soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The haters of the LORD should submit themselves unto him: but their time should endure for ever."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He should feed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I satisfy thee."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 81 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 81](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/81)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/81 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}