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

Sing aloud to God our strength; Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.

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

Raise a song and strike the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the lute.

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

Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.

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

For this is a statute for Israel, A law 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.

This He established in Joseph as a testimony, When He went throughout the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language I did not understand.

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 baskets.

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 delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested 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 will listen to Me!

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

There shall be no foreign 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 am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of 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 would not heed My voice, And Israel would have none of 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 their own stubborn heart, To 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 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 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 the Lord would pretend submission to Him, But their fate would endure forever.

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

He would have fed them also with the finest of wheat; And with honey from the rock I would have satisfied you.”