1 Exultai a Deus, nossa fortaleza; jubilai ao Deus de Jacó.

2 Tomai um salmo, e trazei junto o tamborim, a harpa suave e o saltério.

3 Tocai a trombeta na lua nova, no tempo apontado da nossa solenidade.

4 Porque isto era um estatuto para Israel, e uma lei do Deus de Jacó.

5 Ordenou-o em José por testemunho, quando saíra pela terra do Egito, onde ouvi uma língua que não entendia.

6 Tirei de seus ombros a carga; as suas mãos foram livres dos cestos.

7 Clamaste na angústia, e te livrei; respondi-te no lugar oculto dos trovões; provei-te nas águas de Meribá. (Selá.)

8 Ouve-me, povo meu, e eu te atestarei: Ah, Israel, se me ouvires!

9 Não haverá entre ti deus alheio nem te prostrarás ante um deus estranho.

10 Eu sou o Senhor teu Deus, que te tirei da terra do Egito; abre bem a tua boca, e ta encherei.

11 Mas o meu povo não quis ouvir a minha voz, e Israel não me quis.

12 Portanto eu os entreguei aos desejos dos seus corações, e andaram nos seus próprios conselhos.

13 Oh! se o meu povo me tivesse ouvido! se Israel andasse nos meus caminhos!

14 Em breve abateria os seus inimigos, e viraria a minha mão contra os seus adversários.

15 Os que odeiam ao Senhor ter-se-lhe-iam sujeitado, e o seu tempo seria eterno.

16 E o sustentaria com o trigo mais fino, e o fartaria com o mel saído da rocha.

1 To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith. Of Asaph.

2 \81:1\Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob.

3 \81:2\Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments.

4 \81:3\Let the horn be sounded in the time of the new moon, at the full moon, on our holy feast-day:

5 \81:4\For this is a rule for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

6 \81:5\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.

7 \81:6\I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets.

8 \81:7\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.)

9 \81:8\Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say!

10 \81:9\There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.

11 \81:10\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.

12 \81:11\But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

13 \81:12\So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.

14 \81:13\If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!

15 \81:14\I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.

16 \81:15\The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their destruction would be eternal.

17 \81:16\I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.