1 S ing for joy to God our strength! Call out for joy to the God of Jacob!

Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

2 S ing a song, beat the timbrel. Play the sweet-sounding harps.

Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.

3 B low the horn at the new moon, at the full moon on the day of our special supper.

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.

4 F or this is a Law for Israel, a Law of the God of Jacob.

For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5 H e made it a Law for Joseph, when he went through the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know:

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language that I knew not.

6 “ I took the load off his shoulders. His hands were set free from the basket.

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

7 Y ou called in your trouble, and I took you out of it. I answered you in the hiding place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.

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 H ear, O My people, and I will tell you what to do. O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

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

9 L et there be no strange god among you. Do not worship any false god.

There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

10 I , the Lord, am your God. I brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

I am Jehovah thy God, Who 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 S o I let them follow the desires of their sinful hearts. They followed their own plans.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.

13 I f only My people would listen to Me! If only Israel would follow My ways!

Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!

14 I would hurry to crush those who fight against them. I would turn My hand against those who hate them.

I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.

15 T hose who hate the Lord would pretend to obey Him. And their punishment would last forever.

The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.

16 B ut I would feed you with the best of grain. And I would fill you with honey from the rock.”

He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.