Sing for Joy to God Our Strength
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph.
1Sing for joy to God our strength;make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. 2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine,play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre. 3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon,and at the full moon on the day of our Feast. 4For this is a statute for Israel,an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5He ordained it as a testimony for Josephwhen he went out over the land of Egypt,where I heard an unfamiliar language: 6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden;his hands were freed from the basket. 7You called out in distress, and I rescued you;I answered you from the cloud of thunder;I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah 8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you:O Israel, if only you would listen to Me! 9There must be no strange god among you,nor shall you bow to a foreign god. 10I am the LORD your God,who brought you up out of Egypt.Open wide your mouth,and I will fill it. 11But My people would not listen to Me,and Israel would not obey Me. 12So I gave them up to their stubborn heartsto follow their own devices. 13If only My people would listen to Me,if Israel would follow My ways, 14how soon I would subdue their enemiesand turn My hand against their foes! 15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience,and their doom would last forever. 16But I would feed you the finest wheat;with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”