{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Book of Psalms<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 81<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,1,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">S<\/span>ing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,2,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,3,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,4,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,5,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,6,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,7,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,8,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,9,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,10,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,11,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,12,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">So I gave them up unto their own hearts&#039; lust: and they walked in their own counsels.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,13,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,14,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,15,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,81,16,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/19\/80\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/19\/82\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"The Book of Psalms, Chapter 81 — King James Version","book_title":"The Book of Psalms","toolbar_title":"The Book of Psalms — Ch. 81","prev_url":"\/kjv\/1\/19\/80","next_url":"\/kjv\/1\/19\/82","tid":1,"book_id":19,"chapter":81,"num_chapters":150,"trans":"KJV","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"Psalms","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/kjv\/1\/19\/81","meta_desc":"Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.…"}