1 For the Leader. On thegittit. By Asaf:
2 Sing for joy to God our strength!
Shout to the God of Ya‘akov!
3 Start the music! Beat the drum!
Play the sweet lyre and the lute!
4 Sound theshofaratRosh-Hodesh
and at full moon for the pilgrim feast,
5 because this is a law for Isra’el,
a ruling of the God of Ya‘akov.
6 He placed it as a testimony in Y’hosef
when he went out against the land of Egypt.
I heard an unfamiliar voice say,
7 “I lifted the load from his shoulder;
his hands were freed from the [laborer’s] basket.
8 You called out when you were in trouble,
and I rescued you;
I answered you from the thundercloud;
I tested you at the M’rivah Spring [by saying,](Selah)
9 “‘Hear, my people, while I give you warning!
Isra’el, if you would only listen to me!
10 There is not to be with you any foreign god;
you are not to worship an alien god.
11 I amAdonaiyour God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth, and I will fill it.’
12 “But my people did not listen to my voice;
Isra’el would have none of me.
13 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
to live by their own plans.
14 How I wish my people would listen to me,
that Isra’el would live by my ways!
15 I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.
16 Those who hateAdonaiwould cringe before him,
while [Isra’el’s] time would last forever.
17 They would be fed with the finest wheat,
and I would satisfy you with honey from the rocks.”