1 T o the Overseer. -- `On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.

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

2 L ift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.

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

3 B low in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,

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

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

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

5 A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known -- I hear.

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 F rom the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.

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

7 I n distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by 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 H ear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:

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

9 T here is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.

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

10 I Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I 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 B ut, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.

But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.

12 A nd I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.

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

13 O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.

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

14 A s a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,

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

15 T hose hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is -- to the age.

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

16 H e causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And honey from a rock I satisfy thee!

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