A Psalm of Asaph, to the chief Musician upon Gittith. |
Psalm 81:1-16 Book# 3 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks] |
Sing aloud to God, our strength & make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob [a.k.a. Israel.] Take a psalm & bring the [tambourine here] & the pleasant harp & [lyre.] Blow the trumpet [for] the New [Moons] & on our solemn feast [days, at] the appointed [times.] |
[Numbers 10:10 You shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, over your sacrifices of your Peace Offerings & also [on the days] of your gladness, your solemn days & in the beginnings of your months, [so] that they may be to you for a memorial before your God. I Am the Lord your God.] |
For this was a [mandate] for Israel & a Law of the God of Jacob. This He ordained [for] Joseph [as] a testimony, when He went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I [didn't understand.] I removed his shoulder from the burden & his hands were delivered from the pots. |
[Exodus 6:6-7 [For this reason,] say to the children [people] of Israel, I Am the Lord & I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians & I will rid you out of their bondage & I will redeem you with [an outstretched] arm & with great [justice.] And I will take you to Me for a people & I will be to you a God. |
And you shall know that I Am the Lord your God, [Who] brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.] |
You called in trouble & I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I [tested] you at the waters of Meribah. Selah. [Exodus 17:6-7 [Look,] I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb & you shall [strike] the rock & water shall come out of it there, [so] that the people may drink. |
And Moses did so in the sight of [Israel's] elders. He called the name of the place Massah & Meribah, because of the [severe criticism from] the children [people] of Israel. And because they [tested] the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?] |
O My people, hear & I will testify to you: O Israel, if you will [pay attention] to Me. No strange god shall be thee in you there & neither shall you worship any strange god. I am the Lord your God, [Who] brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide & I will fill it. |
[Psalm 103:5-6 Who satisfies your mouth with good things; so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. The Lord [delivers] righteousness & [justice] for all [who] are oppressed.] |
But My people wouldn't [pay attention] to My voice & Israel would [have nothing to do with] Me. [Deuteronomy 32:15-17 But Jeshurun, [a.k.a. Israel, grew] fat & [rebelled.] You [have grown] fat & have grown thick [skinned.] You are covered with [plumpness.] |
Then, he [abandoned] God, [Who] made him & [held] the Rock of his Salvation [in low regard.] They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods. With abominations, they provoked Him to anger. They sacrifice to [demons,] not to God; to gods that [newly arrived,] whom your [forefathers didn't] fear [respect.] |
So, I gave them up to the [lusts] of their own [hearts] & they [followed] their own [advice.] [Acts 7:42-43 Then, God turned & gave them up to worship the [stars & constellations] of heaven; as it is written in the book of prophets, O you house of Israel, have you offered to Me slain [animals] & sacrifices [over] the space of 40 years in the wilderness? |
[Yet,] you took up the tabernacle of Moloch & the star of your god, Remphan & figures [that] you made, to worship them. And I will carry you away, beyond Babylon.] |
Oh, that My people had [paid attention] to Me & Israel had [followed] in My ways! I [would] have soon [defeated] their enemies & turned My hand against their adversaries. [Those who hate] the Lord should have [humbled] themselves to Him: [so] their time should have endured forever. |
[Revelation 22:12-15 And, [watch,] I come quickly & My reward is with Me & shall be to give [to] every man, according [to] his [deeds.] I Am [the] Alpha & [the] Omega, the Beginning & the End, the First & the Last. |
Blessed are [those who] do His commandments, [so] that they have right to the Tree of Life & may enter in through the gates into the city. For [outside] are dogs, sorcerers & [sexual traffickers,] murderers, idolaters & [whoever] loves [to invent & tell lies.] |
He [would] have also fed them with the finest wheat & with honey out of the rock. I [would] have satisfied you. [2 Peter 3:9-10 The Lord isn't slack concerning His promise, [like] some men [consider] slackness; but is [patient] to us, not [wanting] that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. |
But the Day of the Lord will come [like] a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise & the elements shall melt with fervent heat & the earth & also the [things made] that are [in there] shall be burned up.] |