1 For the leader; “upon the gittith.” Of Asaph.
2 Sing joyfully to God our strength;raise loud shouts to the God of Jacob!
3 Take up a melody, sound the timbrel,the pleasant lyre with a harp.
4 Blow the shofar at the new moon,at the full moon, on our solemn feast.
5 For this is a law for Israel,an edict of the God of Jacob,
6 He made it a decree for Josephwhen he came out of the land of Egypt.
7 I heard a tongue I did not know:“I removed his shoulder from the burden;his hands moved away from the basket.
8 In distress you called and I rescued you;I answered you in secret with thunder;At the waters of Meribah I tested you:
9 ‘Listen, my people, I will testify against youSelahIf only you will listen to me, Israel!
10 There shall be no foreign god among you;you shall not bow down to an alien god.
11 “I am the Lord your God,who brought you up from the land of Egypt.Open wide your mouth that I may fill it.’
12 But my people did not listen to my words;Israel would not submit to me.
13 So I thrust them away to the hardness of their heart;‘Let them walk in their own machinations.’
14 O that my people would listen to me,that Israel would walk in my ways,
15 In a moment I would humble their foes,and turn back my hand against their oppressors.
16 Those who hate the Lord will try flattering him,but their fate is fixed forever.
17 But Israel I will feed with the finest wheat,I will satisfy them with honey from the rock.”