1Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
1Untuk pemimpin kor. Menurut lagu: Gitit. Dari Asaf. (81-2) Nyanyikanlah puji-pujian bagi Allah, kekuatan kita, bersoraklah dengan gembira bagi Allah Yakub.
2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
2(81-3) Bunyikanlah rebana, angkatlah lagu, petiklah gambus dan kecapi dengan merdu.
3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
3(81-4) Tiuplah terompet pada hari raya kita, pada pesta bulan baru dan bulan purnama.
4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
4(81-5) Sebab hal itu suatu peraturan di Israel, suatu perintah dari Allah Yakub.
5This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
5(81-6) Ia menjadikannya sebuah ketetapan bagi bangsa Israel, ketika Ia maju melawan Mesir. Aku mendengar bahasa yang tidak kukenal,
6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
6(81-7) "Aku telah mengangkat beban dari pundakmu, dan melepaskan keranjang pikulan dari tanganmu.
7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
7(81-8) Dalam kesusahanmu kamu berseru, dan Aku menyelamatkan kamu. Kujawab kamu dari guntur tempat Aku bersembunyi, Kuuji kamu di mata air Meriba.
8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
8(81-9) Dengarlah peringatan-Ku, hai umat-Ku, Israel, sekiranya kamu mau mendengarkan Aku!
9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
9(81-10) Jangan di antaramu ada ilah lain, janganlah menyembah ilah asing.
10I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
10(81-11) Akulah TUHAN Allahmu, yang menuntun kamu keluar dari Mesir. Waktu kamu lapar kamu Kuberi makan.
11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
11(81-12) Tapi umat-Ku tak mau mendengarkan Aku, Israel tak mau taat kepada-Ku.
12So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
12(81-13) Sebab itu Aku membiarkan mereka berkeras kepala; biarlah mereka mengikuti kemauan mereka sendiri.
13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
13(81-14) Ah, sekiranya umat-Ku mau mendengarkan Aku, sekiranya mereka mau taat kepada-Ku,
14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
14(81-15) maka Aku segera menundukkan musuh mereka, dan mengalahkan semua lawan mereka.
15The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
15(81-16) Orang yang membenci Aku akan Kutaklukkan, mereka akan dihukum untuk selama-lamanya.
16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
16(81-17) Tetapi umat-Ku akan Kuberi makan gandum pilihan, dan Kukenyangkan dengan madu hutan."