To the chief Musician upon Gittith
, A Psalm of Asaph
. Sing aloud
unto God
our strength
: make a joyful noise
unto the God
of Jacob
.
Take a psalm
, and bring
hither the timbrel
, the pleasant
harp
with the psaltery
.
Blow up the trumpet
in the new moon
, in the time appointed
, on our solemn feast
day
.
For this was a statute for Israel
, and a law
of the God
of Jacob
.
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.
I removed his shoulder
from the burden
: his hands
were delivered
from the pots
.
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
.
Hear, O my people
, and I will testify
unto thee: O Israel
, if thou wilt hearken
unto me;
There shall no strange god
be in thee; neither shalt thou worship
any strange
god
.
I am the LORD thy God
, which brought
thee out of the land
of Egypt
: open thy mouth
wide
, and I will fill
it.
But my people would not hearken
to my voice
; and Israel
would
none of me.
So I gave them up unto their own hearts
' lust
: and they walked
in their own counsels
.
Oh that my people
had hearkened
unto me, and Israel
had walked
in my ways
!
I should soon have subdued
their enemies
, and turned
my hand
against their adversaries
.
The haters of the LORD
should have submitted
themselves unto him: but their time
should have endured for ever
.
He should have fed them also with the finest
of the wheat
: and with honey
out of the rock
should I have satisfied
thee.