Ps.81.1

A song to our strong God! a shout to the God of Jacob!

Ps.81.1

Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!

Ps.81.1

Sing aloud to God our strength; Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.

Ps.81.1

Sing praises to God, our strength. Sing to the God of Israel.

Ps.81.2

Anthems from the choir, music from the band, sweet sounds from lute and harp,

Ps.81.2

Begin the music, strike the tambourine, play the melodious harp and lyre.

Ps.81.2

Raise a song and strike the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the lute.

Ps.81.2

Sing! Beat the tambourine. Play the sweet lyre and the harp.

Ps.81.3

Trumpets and trombones and horns: it's festival day, a feast to God!

Ps.81.3

Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast;

Ps.81.3

Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.

Ps.81.3

Sound the trumpet for a sacred feast when the moon is new, when the moon is full.

Ps.81.4

A day decreed by God, solemnly ordered by the God of Jacob.

Ps.81.4

this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Ps.81.4

For this is a statute for Israel, A law of the God of Jacob.

Ps.81.4

For this is required by the laws of Israel; it is a law of the God of Jacob.

Ps.81.5

He commanded Joseph to keep this day so we'd never forget what he did in Egypt. I hear this most gentle whisper from One I never guessed would speak to me:

Ps.81.5

He established it as a statute for Joseph when he went out against Egypt, where we heard a language we did not understand.

Ps.81.5

This He established in Joseph as a testimony, When He went throughout the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language I did not understand.

Ps.81.5

He made it a decree for Israel when he attacked Egypt to set us free. I heard an unknown voice that said,

Ps.81.6

"I took the world off your shoulders, freed you from a life of hard labor.

Ps.81.6

He says, "I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.

Ps.81.6

"I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the baskets.

Ps.81.6

"Now I will relieve your shoulder of its burden; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.

Ps.81.7

You called to me in your pain; I got you out of a bad place. I answered you from where the thunder hides, I proved you at Meribah Fountain.

Ps.81.7

In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Ps.81.7

You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah

Ps.81.7

You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered out of the thundercloud. I tested your faith at Meribah, when you complained that there was no water.