1 [To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. {A Psalm} of Asaph.] Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob;
2 Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.
3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day:
4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob;
5 He ordained it in Joseph {for} a testimony, when he went forth over the land of Egypt, {where} I heard a language that I knew not.
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
7 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 Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
9 There shall no strange *god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreign *god.
10 I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels.
13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways!
14 I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
15 The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.
16 And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.
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.