| | 1 | For the director of music. According to gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob! | |
| | 2 | Begin the music, strike the tambourine, play the melodious harp and lyre. | |
| | 3 | Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast; | |
| | 4 | this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. | |
| | 5 | He established it as a statute for Joseph when he went out against Egypt, where we heard a language we did not understand. | |
| | 6 | He says, "I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket. | |
| | 7 | In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah | |
| | 8 | "Hear, O my people, and I will warn you--if you would but listen to me, O Israel! | |
| | 9 | You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god. | |
| | 10 | I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. | |
| | 11 | "But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me. | |
| | 12 | So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. | |
| | 13 | "If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways, | |
| | 14 | how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes! | |
| | 15 | Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever. | |
| | 16 | But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you." | |
