Psalm 81
Words: The Psalter Hymnal
8,7,8,7 Trochaic (Trochaic - accent is on the first syllable.)
We like this with "Beecher," which is an
8787 D tune, which means you have to leave out a verse. We usually leave off the last when
when we sing this with Beecher.
1 Now to God, our strength and Savior,
Render praise and loudly sing;
In our father's God rejoicing,
All your noblest music bring.
2 Let the trumpet, far resounding,
This our festal day proclaim,
By our father's God appointed,
When from bondage Israel came.
3 I, thy God, removed thy burdens,
When thou calledst, set thee free,
Proved thee in the thirsty desert,
in the thunder answered thee.
4 O My people, hear My pleadings;
O that thou wouldst hearken now;
No strange worship shalt thou offer,
Nor to idols shalt thou bow.
5 I am God the Lord who saved thee,
And from cruel bondage freed;
Open wide thy mouth of longing;
I will satisfy thy need.
6 But My people would not hearken,
Yea, they would not yield to Me;
So I left them in their blindness,
Their own counselors to be.
7 If My people would obey Me,
Gladly walking in My ways,
Soon would I, their foes subduing,
fill their lips with songs of praise.
8 All the haters of Jehovah
Shall His clemency implore,
And the days of those that love Him
Shall endure forevermore.
9 Yea, with wheat the very finest
I their hunger will supply,
bid the very rocks yield honey
That shall fully satisfy.
