1 Sing for joy to God our strength;

shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.  *

2 Lift up a song — play the tambourine,

the melodious lyre, and the harp.  *

3 Blow the ram’s horn on the day of our feasts  *

during the new moon  *

and during the full moon.

4 For this is a statute for Israel,

an ordinance of the God of Jacob.  *

5 He set it up as a decree for Joseph

when he went throughout  * the land of Egypt.  *

I heard an unfamiliar language:

6 "I relieved his shoulder from the burden;

his hands were freed from carrying the basket.  *

7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you;

I answered you from the thundercloud.  *

I tested you at the Waters of Meribah.  *Selah

8 Listen, my people, and I will admonish you.

Israel, if you would only listen to me!  *

9 There must not be a strange god among you;

you must not bow down to a foreign god.  *

10 I am the Lord  your God,

who brought you up from the land of Egypt.  *

Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.  *

11 "But my people did not listen to my voice;

Israel did not obey me.  *

12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts

to follow their own plans.  *

13 If only my people would listen to me

and Israel would follow my ways,  *

14 I would quickly subdue their enemies

and turn my hand against their foes."  *

15 Those who hate the  Lord

would cower to him;  *

their doom would last forever.  *

16 But he would feed Israel  * with the best wheat.

"I would satisfy you with honey from the rock."  *