1. [For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.] Sing for joy to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.
2. Lift up a song-- play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp.
3. Blow the horn during the new moon and during the full moon, on the day of our feast.
4. For this is a statute for Israel, a judgment of the God of Jacob.
5. He set it up as an ordinance for Joseph when He went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard an unfamiliar language:
6. "I relieved his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from [carrying] the basket.
7. You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8. Listen, My people, and I will admonish you. Israel, if you would only listen to Me!
9. There must not be a strange god among you; you must not bow down to a foreign god.
10. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11. "But My people did not listen to Me; Israel did not obey Me.
12. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own plans.
13. If only My people would listen to Me and Israel would follow My ways,
14. I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes."
15. Those who hate the LORD would pretend submission to Him; their doom would last forever.
16. But He would feed Israel with the best wheat. "I would satisfy you with honey from the rock."