1 S ing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob;

2 R aise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.

3 B low the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day:

4 F or it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob;

5 H e established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know:

He ordained it in Joseph a testimony, when he went forth over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I knew not.

6 “ I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.

I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

7 “ You called in trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Thou 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.

8 “ Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

9 “ Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

10 “ I, the Lord, am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11 “ But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not obey Me.

But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.

12 “ So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.

13 “ Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!

Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways!

14 “ I would quickly subdue their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries.

I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

15 “ Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.

The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.

16 “ But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.