Psalm 81v1-8

Book
Psalms
Chapter
81
Start Verse
1
End Verse
8

1 Sing aloud to God, our strength!
Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!

2 Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine,
the pleasant lyre with the harp.

3 Blow the trumpet at the New Moon,
at the full moon, on our feast day.

4 For it is a statute for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

[We know that God is our strength because of our past experiences of him, particularly in circumstances which are bleak - like slavery in Egypt - or testing - like the wilderness of Meribah]

5 He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant,
when he went out over the land of Egypt,
I heard a language that I didn’t know.

6 “I removed his shoulder from the burden.
His hands were freed from the basket.

7 You called in trouble, and I delivered you.
I answered you in the secret place of thunder.
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.” Selah.