4 Because this is the law for Israel;this is a rule of Jacob’s God.
5 He made it a decree for Josephwhen 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!