Psalms Chapter 81 | KJV & Biblical Hebrew

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לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ עַֽל הַגִּתִּ֥ית לְאָסָֽף׃

KJVTo the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.

To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. Of Asaph.

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הַרְנִ֗ינוּ לֵֽאלֹהִ֥ים עוּזֵּ֑נוּ הָ֝רִ֗יעוּ לֵאלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב׃

KJVSing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

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

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שְֽׂאוּ זִמְרָ֗ה וּ֭תְנוּ תֹ֑ף כִּנּ֥וֹר נָ֝עִ֗ים עִם נָֽבֶל׃

KJVTake a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp.

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תִּקְע֣וּ בַ֭חֹדֶשׁ שׁוֹפָ֑ר בַּ֝כֵּ֗סֶה לְי֣וֹם חַגֵּֽנוּ׃

KJVBlow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.

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כִּ֤י חֹ֣ק לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל ה֑וּא מִ֝שְׁפָּ֗ט לֵֽאלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב׃

KJVFor this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

For it is a statute for Israel, a rule of the God of Jacob.

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עֵד֨וּת ׀ בִּ֘יה֤וֹסֵ֗ף שָׂמ֑וֹ בְּ֝צֵאת֗וֹ עַל אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם שְׂפַ֣ת לֹֽא יָ֭דַעְתִּי אֶשְׁמָֽע׃

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.

He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a language I had not known:

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הֲסִיר֣וֹתִי מִסֵּ֣בֶל שִׁכְמ֑וֹ כַּפָּ֥יו מִ֝דּ֗וּד תַּעֲבֹֽרְנָה׃

KJVI removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket.

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בַּצָּרָ֥ה קָרָ֗אתָ וָ֫אֲחַלְּצֶ֥ךָּ אֶ֭עֶנְךָ֣ בְּסֵ֥תֶר רַ֝עַם אֶבְחָנְךָ֗ עַל מֵ֥י מְרִיבָֽה׃

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.

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

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שְׁמַ֣ע עַ֭מִּי וְאָעִ֣ידָה בָּ֑ךְ יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל אִם תִּֽשְׁמַע לִֽי׃

KJVHear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me!

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לֹ֤א יִהְיֶ֨ה בְךָ֮ אֵ֤ל זָ֗ר וְלֹ֣א תִ֭שְׁתַּחֲוֶה לְאֵ֣ל נֵכָ֑ר׃

KJVThere shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god.

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אָ֘נֹכִ֤י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ הַֽמַּעַלְךָ֗ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָ֗יִם הַרְחֶב פִּ֣יךָ וַאֲמַלְאֵֽהוּ׃

KJVI am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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וְלֹ֣א שָׁ֭מַע עַמִּ֣י לְקוֹלִ֑י וְ֝יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֹא אָ֣בָה לִֽי׃

KJVBut my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.

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וָ֭אֲשַׁלְּחֵהוּ בִּשְׁרִיר֣וּת לִבָּ֑ם יֵ֝לְכ֗וּ בְּמוֹעֲצ֥וֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

KJVSo I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.

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ל֗וּ עַמִּ֣י שֹׁ֭מֵעַ לִ֑י יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל בִּדְרָכַ֥י יְהַלֵּֽכוּ׃

KJVOh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

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כִּמְעַ֗ט אוֹיְבֵיהֶ֣ם אַכְנִ֑יעַ וְעַ֥ל צָ֝רֵיהֶ֗ם אָשִׁ֥יב יָדִֽי׃

KJVI should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.

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מְשַׂנְאֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה יְכַחֲשׁוּ לוֹ֑ וִיהִ֥י עִ֝תָּם לְעוֹלָֽם׃

KJVThe haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

Those who hate the LORD would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever.

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וַיַּאֲכִילֵ֗הוּ מֵחֵ֣לֶב חִ֭טָּה וּמִצּ֣וּר דְּבַ֣שׁ אַשְׂבִּיעֶֽךָ׃

KJVHe should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.

Psalms — Chapter 81