1SING for joy to God our strength;
shout with jubilation to the God of Jacob.
2 Lift up a song, sound the tambourine,
the melodious harp and the lyre.
3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon,
and when the moon is full, on the day of our solemn feast,
4 For this is a statute for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He established it for a testimony in Joseph,
when He went out against the land of Egypt.
I heard someone say in an unfamiliar language:
6 “I removed his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were freed from the basket.
7 You called out in your distress, and I delivered you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8 “Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you;
O Israel, if you would but listen to Me!
9 There must be no strange god among you;
you must not bow down to any foreign god.
10 I am the LORD your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt;
open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
11 “But My people would not listen to My voice;
Israel would not submit to Me.
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
to walk in their own devices.
13 “If only My people would listen to Me,
that Israel would walk in My ways!
14 I would soon subdue their enemies,
and turn My hand against their adversaries.
15 Those who hate the LORD would cringe before Him,
and their fate would last forever.
16 But I would feed you with the finest of wheat;
with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”