[1] Rejoice out loud to God, our strength! Shout for joy to Jacob’s God! [2] Take up a song and strike the drum! Sweet lyre along with harp! [3] Blow the horn on the new moon, at the full moon, for our day of celebration! [4] Because this is the law for Israel; this is a rule of Jacob’s God. [5] He made it a decree for Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, when I heard a language I did not yet know: [6] “I lifted the burden off your shoulders; your hands are free of the brick basket! [7] In distress you cried out, so I rescued you. I answered you in the secret of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah [8] Listen, my people, I’m warning you! If only you would listen to me, Israel. [9] There must be no foreign god among you. You must not bow down to any strange deity. [10] I am the LORD your God, who brought you up from Egypt’s land. Open your mouth wide—I will fill it up! [11] But my people wouldn’t listen to my voice. Israel simply wasn’t agreeable toward me. [12] So I sent them off to follow their willful hearts; they followed their own advice. [13] How I wish my people would listen to me! How I wish Israel would walk in my ways! [14] Then I would subdue their enemies in a second; I would turn my hand against their foes. [15] Those who hate the LORD would grovel before me, and their doom would last forever! [16] But I would feed you with the finest wheat. I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”
