[1] Sing aloud to God our strength; Shout for joy to the God of Jacob (Israel). [2] Raise a song, sound the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. [3] Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, At the full moon, on our feast day. [4] For this is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. [5] He established it for a testimony in Joseph When He went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard the language [of One whom] I did not know, saying, [6] “I removed the burden from his shoulder; His hands were freed from the basket. [7] You called in [the time of] trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah. [8] Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you—O Israel, if you would listen to Me! [9] Let there be no strange god among you, Nor shall you worship any foreign god. [10] I am the LORD your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. [11] “But My people would not listen to My voice, And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me. [12] So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in [the path of] their own counsel. [13] Oh, that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways! [14] Then I would quickly subdue and humble their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries; [15] Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him and cringe before Him, And their time of punishment would be forever. [16] But I would feed Israel with the finest of the wheat; And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
