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;
squall descending from above
καταιγίδος
kataigidos
interlude
διάψαλμα
diapsalma
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.
