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Psalms 81:3-13 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

3. Blow the horn on the day of our feasts during the new moon and during the full moon.

4. For this is a statute for Israel,a judgment of the God of Jacob.

5. He set it up as an ordinance for Josephwhen He went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard an unfamiliar language:

6. “I relieved his shoulder from the burden;his hands were freed from carrying the basket.

7. You called out in distress, and I rescued you;I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

8. Listen, My people, and I will admonish you.Israel, if you would only listen to Me!

9. There must not be a strange god among you;you must not bow down to a foreign god.

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

11. “But My people did not listen to Me;Israel did not obey Me.

12. So I gave them over to their stubborn heartsto follow their own plans.

13. If only My people would listen to Meand Israel would follow My ways,

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