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

Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

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

Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

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

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

“I relieved his shoulder of 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.

“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.

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 admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

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

“Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you 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, the Lord, am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your 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 did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not obey Me.

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

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

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

“Oh that My people would listen to 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 quickly 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.

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

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

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