81[For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.] Sing praises to God, our strength. Sing to the God of Jacob.H5329H1665H623H7442H430H5797H7321H430H32902Sing! Beat the tambourine. Play the sweet lyre and the harp.H5375H2172H5414H8596H5273H3658H50353Blow the ram’s horn at new moon, and again at full moon to call a festival!H8628H7782H2320H3677H2282H31174For this is required by the decrees of Israel; it is a regulation of the God of Jacob.H2706H3478H4941H430H32905He made it a law for Israel when he attacked Egypt to set us free. I heard an unknown voice say,H7760H3084H5715H3318H776H4714H8085H8193H30456“Now I will take the load from your shoulders; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.H5493H7926H5447H3709H5674H17317You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered out of the thundercloud and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah. InterludeH7121H6869H2502H6030H5643H7482H974H4325H4809H55428“Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings. O Israel, if you would only listen to me!H8085H5971H5749H3478H80859You must never have a foreign god; you must not bow down before a false god.H2114H410H7812H5236H41010For it was I, the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.H3068H430H5927H776H4714H6310H7337H439011“But no, my people wouldn’t listen. Israel did not want me around.H5971H8085H6963H3478H1412So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas.H7971H3820H8307H3212H415613Oh, that my people would listen to me! Oh, that Israel would follow me, walking in my paths!H3863H5971H8085H3478H1980H187014How quickly I would then subdue their enemies! How soon my hands would be upon their foes!H4592H3665H341H7725H3027H686215Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him; they would be doomed forever.H8130H3068H3584H6256H576916But I would feed you with the finest wheat. I would satisfy you with wild honey from the rock.”H398H2459H2406H1706H6697H7646