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Psalm 81

¶ To him that excelleth vpon Gittith. A pſalme committed to Aſáph.
1.SIng ioyfully vnto God our ſtrength: ſing loude vnto the God of Iaakób.
2.Take the ſong and bring forthe the timbrel, the pleaſant harpe with the viole.
3.Blowe the trumpet in the newmoone, euen in the time appointed, at our feaſt-daie.
4.For this is a ſtatute for Iſraél, & a Law of the God of Iaakób.
5.He ſet this in Ioſeph for a teſtimonie, when he came out of the land of Egypt, where I heard a language, that I vnderſtode not.
6.I haue withdrawen his ſhulder from the burden, & his hands haue left the pottes.
7.Thou calledſt in affliction and I deliuered thee, and anſwered thee in the ſecret of the thunder: I proued thee at the waters of Meribáh. Sélah.
8.Heare, ô my people, and I wil proteſt vn to thee: ô Iſraél, if thou wilt hearken vnto me,
9.Let there be no ſtrange god in thee, nether worſhip thou anie ſtrange god.
10.For I am the Lord thy God, wc broght thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide and I wil fil it.
11.But my people wolde not heare my voice, and Iſraél wolde none of me.
12.So I gaue them vp vnto the hardenes of their heart, & thei haue walked in their owne counſels.
13.Oh that my people had hearkened vnto me, & Iſraél had walked in my waies.
14.I wolde ſone haue humbled their enemies, and turned mine hand againſt their aduerſaries.
15.The haters of the Lord ſhulde haue bene ſubiect vnto him, and their time ſhulde haue endured for euer.
16.And God wolde haue fed them with the fat of wheat, and with honie out of the rocke wold I haue ſufficed thee.

Notes

1:a.
An inſtrumēt of muſicke broght from Gitth.
1:b.
It ſemeth yt this pſal was appointed for ſolēne feaſtes & aſſemblies of the people, to whome for a time theſe ceremonies were ordeined, but now vnder the Goſpel are aboliſhed
3:c.
Vnder this feaſt he cōprehendeth all other ſolemne daies
5:d.
That is, in Iſraél: for Ioſephs familie was counted the chief before that Iudáh was preferred.
5:e.
God ſpeaketh in ye perſone of the people, becauſe he was their leader.
6:f.
If thei were neuer able to giue ſufficient thākes to God for this deliue rance frō corporal bōdage, how muche more are we indetted to hī for our ſpiritual deliuerāce from the tyrannie of Satā & ſinne?
7:g.
By a ſtrange & wonderful facion.
7:".
Or, contention, Exod. 17, 16.
10:i.
God accuſeth their incredulitie, becauſe thei opened not their mouthes to receiue Gods benefites in ſuche abundance as he powreth them out.
11:k.
God by his worde calleth all, but his ſecret election appointeth, who ſhal heare with frute
13:l.
He condemneth all aſſem blies, where ye people are not attentiue to heare Gods voice, & to giue obedience to the ſame
14:m.
If their ſinnes had not letted
15:n.
If the Iſraelites had not broken couenant with God, he wolde haue giuen them victorie againſt their enemies.
16:o.
That is, with moſte fine wheat and abundance of honie.