Psalms 8117 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.81:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ ׀ עַֽל־הַגִּתִּית לְאָסָֽף׃For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.81:2הַרְנִינוּ לֵאלֹהִים עוּזֵּנוּ הָרִיעוּ לֵאלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹֽב׃Sing aloud unto God our strength; shout unto the God of Jacob.81:3שְֽׂאוּ־זִמְרָה וּתְנוּ־תֹף כִּנּוֹר נָעִים עִם־נָֽבֶל׃Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.81:4תִּקְעוּ בַחֹדֶשׁ שׁוֹפָר בַּכֵּסֶה לְיוֹם חַגֵּֽנוּ׃Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day.81:5כִּי חֹק לְיִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא מִשְׁפָּט לֵאלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹֽב׃For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.81:6עֵדוּת ׀ בִּֽיהוֹסֵף שָׂמוֹ בְּצֵאתוֹ עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם שְׂפַת לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי אֶשְׁמָֽע׃He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when He went forth against the land of Egypt. The speech of one that I knew not did I hear:81:7הֲסִירוֹתִי מִסֵּבֶל שִׁכְמוֹ כַּפָּיו מִדּוּד תַּעֲבֹֽרְנָה׃'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.81:8בַּצָּרָה קָרָאתָ וָאֲחַלְּצֶךָּ אֶעֶנְךָ בְּסֵתֶר רַעַם אֶבְחָֽנְךָ עַל־מֵי מְרִיבָה סֶֽלָה׃Thou didst call in trouble, and I rescued thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah.81:9שְׁמַע עַמִּי וְאָעִידָה בָּךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל אִם־תִּֽשְׁמַֽע־לִֽי׃Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!81:10לֹֽא־יִהְיֶה בְךָ אֵל זָר וְלֹא תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לְאֵל נֵכָֽר׃There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.81:11אָנֹכִי ׀ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הַֽמַּעַלְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם הַרְחֶב־פִּיךָ וַאֲמַלְאֵֽהוּ׃I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.81:12וְלֹא־שָׁמַע עַמִּי לְקוֹלִי וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא־אָבָה לִֽי׃But My people hearkened not to My voice; and Israel would none of Me.81:13וָֽאֲשַׁלְּחֵהוּ בִּשְׁרִירוּת לִבָּם יֵלְכוּ בְּֽמוֹעֲצוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.81:14לוּ עַמִּי שֹׁמֵעַֽ לִי יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּדְרָכַי יְהַלֵּֽכוּ׃Oh that My people would hearken unto Me, that Israel would walk in My ways!81:15כִּמְעַט אוֹיְבֵיהֶם אַכְנִיעַ וְעַל צָרֵיהֶם אָשִׁיב יָדִֽי׃I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their adversaries.81:16מְשַׂנְאֵי יְהוָה יְכַֽחֲשׁוּ־לוֹ וִיהִי עִתָּם לְעוֹלָֽם׃The haters of the LORD should dwindle away before Him; and their punishment should endure for ever.81:17וַֽיַּאֲכִילֵהוּ מֵחֵלֶב חִטָּה וּמִצּוּר דְּבַשׁ אַשְׂבִּיעֶֽךָ׃They should also be fed with the fat of wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.'← previousPsalms 80next →Psalms 82↑ back to PsalmsThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/81/