2 Sing a song and play the tambourine,the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!
3 Sound the ram’s horn on the day of the new moon,and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins.
4 For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel;it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.
5 He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph,when he attacked the land of Egypt.I heard a voice I did not recognize.
6 It said: “I removed the burden from his shoulder;his hands were released from holding the basket.
7 In your distress you called out and I rescued you.I answered you from a dark thundercloud.I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
8 I said, ‘Listen, my people!I will warn you!O Israel, if only you would obey me!