Psalms 80
1 For the end, a Psalm for
aAlex. David.Asaph, concerning the wine-presses.
2 Rejoice ye in God our helper; shout
aloud to the God of Jacob. 3 Take a
psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
4 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in
the glorious day of
bAlex. our.your feast.
5 For this is
an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob.
6 He made
cGr. him, sc. Israel.it to be a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth
out of the land of Egypt: he heard a language which he understood not.
7 He removed his back from burdens:
his hands slaved in making the baskets.
8 Thou didst call upon me in trouble,
and I delivered thee; I heard thee in the secret place of the storm: I proved
thee at the water of
dLit. contradiction.Strife. Pause. 9 Hear, my people, and
I will speak to thee, O Israel; and I will testify to thee: if thou wilt
hearken to me; 10 there shall be no
new god in thee; neither shalt thou worship a strange god.
11 For I am the Lord thy God, that
brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill
it. 12 But my people hearkened not to
my voice; and Israel gave no heed to me.
13 So I let them go after the ways of
their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways.
14 If my people had hearkened to me,
if Israel had walked in my ways, 15 I
should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand
upon those that afflicted them.
16 The Lord's enemies
should have lied to him: but
esc. of the others.their time shall be for ever. 17 And
he fed them with the fat of wheat; and satisfied them with honey out of the
rock.