Psalms 81

81

Synge merely vnto God which is or stregth make a chearful noyse vnto ye God of Iacob.

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Take ye psalme, brynge hither the tabret, the mery harpe & lute.

3

Blowe vp the tropettes in the new Moone, vpon or solepne feast daye.

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For this is the vse in Israel, & a lawe of the God of Iacob.

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This he ordened in Ioseph for a testimony, when he came out of Egipte, & had herde a strauge laguage.

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When he eased his shulder from the burthe, & when his hondes were delyuered fro the pottes.

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Whe thou calldest vpon me in trouble, I helped the & herde the, what tyme as the storme fell vpo the,

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I proued the also at the water of strife.

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Sela. Heare o my people, for I assure the o Israel, yf thou wilt herken vnto me:

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There shal no straunge God be in the, nether shalt thou worshipe eny other God.

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I am the LORDE thy God, which brought the out of the lode of Egipte: ope thy mouth wyde, & I shal fyll it.

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But my people wolde not heare my voyce, & Israel wolde not obeye me.

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So I gaue the vp vnto their owne hertes lust, & let the folowe their owne ymaginacions.

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Oy my people wolde obeye me, for yf Israel wolde walke in my wayes.

15

I shulde soone put downe their enemies, & turne myne hode agaynst their aduersaries.

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The haters of ye LORDE shulde mysse Israel, but their tyme shulde endure for euer. He shulde fede them with the fynest wheate floure, & satisfie them with hony out of the stony rocke.