^{1 Ref} <To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith. Of Asaph.> Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob.

^{2 Ref} Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments.

^{3 Ref} Let the horn be sounded in the time of the new moon, at the full moon, on our holy feast-day:

⁴ For this is a rule for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

^{5 Ref} He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears.

^{6 Ref} I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets.

^{7 Ref} You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)

^{8 Ref} Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say!

^{9 Ref} There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.

^{10 Ref} I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food.

^{11 Ref} But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

^{12 Ref} So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.

^{13 Ref} If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!

^{14 Ref} I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.

^{15 Ref} The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their destruction would be eternal.

^{16 Ref} I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.

^{1 Ref} To the Overseer. -- `On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.

^{2 Ref} Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.

^{3 Ref} Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,

⁴ For a statute to Israel it `is', An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

^{5 Ref} A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known -- I hear.

^{6 Ref} From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.

^{7 Ref} In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah.

^{8 Ref} Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:

^{9 Ref} There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.

^{10 Ref} I `am' Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it.

^{11 Ref} But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.

^{12 Ref} And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.

^{13 Ref} O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.

^{14 Ref} As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,

^{15 Ref} Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is -- to the age.

^{16 Ref} He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And `with' honey from a rock I satisfy thee!

^{1 Ref} Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

^{2 Ref} Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

^{3 Ref} Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

⁴ For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

^{5 Ref} This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

^{6 Ref} I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

^{7 Ref} Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

^{8 Ref} Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

^{9 Ref} There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

^{10 Ref} I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

^{11 Ref} But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

^{12 Ref} So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

^{13 Ref} Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

^{14 Ref} I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

^{15 Ref} The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

^{16 Ref} He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.