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.

Take a psalm, 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 up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

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

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law 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:

This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood 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 delivered from the pots.

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 wilt 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 strange 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 the Lord thy God, which brought thee 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 would not hearken 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' lust: and they walked 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 had hearkened unto me, and 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 should 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 the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured 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 should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.