{"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/web/psalms/81","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:39:35.310Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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 shout to the God of Jacob!"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp."},{"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, I heard a language that I didn't know."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"|I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.| Selah."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"|Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Oh that my people would listen to 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 Yahweh would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.| A Psalm by Asaph."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 81 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 81](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/81)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/81 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}