Psalms 81 - Compare Translations
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Psalms 81:1
KJVSing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
WEBSing aloud to God, our strength!
YLTTo the Overseer. -- `On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.
Psalms 81:2
KJVTake a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
WEBRaise a song, and bring here the tambourine,
YLTLift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.
Psalms 81:3
KJVBlow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
WEBBlow the trumpet at the New Moon,
YLTBlow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,
Psalms 81:4
KJVFor this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
WEBFor it is a statute for Israel,
YLTFor a statute to Israel it [is], An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
Psalms 81:5
KJVThis 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.
WEBHe appointed it in Joseph for a testimony,
YLTA testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known -- I hear.
Psalms 81:6
KJVI removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
WEB“I removed his shoulder from the burden.
YLTFrom the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.
Psalms 81:7
KJVThou 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.
WEBYou called in trouble, and I delivered you.
YLTIn distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Psalms 81:8
KJVHear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
WEB“Hear, my people, and I will testify to you,
YLTHear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:
Psalms 81:9
KJVThere shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
WEBThere shall be no strange god in you,
YLTThere is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.
Psalms 81:10
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Psalms 81:11
KJVBut my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
WEBBut my people didn’t listen to my voice.
YLTBut, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.
Psalms 81:12
KJVSo I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
WEBSo I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts,
YLTAnd I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.
Psalms 81:13
KJVOh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
WEBOh that my people would listen to me,
YLTO that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.
Psalms 81:14
KJVI should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
WEBI would soon subdue their enemies,
YLTAs a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,
Psalms 81:15
KJVThe haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
WEBThe haters of Yahweh would cringe before him,
YLTThose hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is -- to the age.
Psalms 81:16
KJVHe should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
WEBBut he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat.
YLTHe causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And [with] honey from a rock I satisfy thee!
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