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

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

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

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

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 set time, on our feast day:

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

For this 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 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 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, 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, 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 S o I let them follow the desires of their sinful hearts. They followed their own plans.

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

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

Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked 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 have subdued their enemies, and turned 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 would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.

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

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