Sing for joy to God
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For the chief musician; set to the Gittith style. A psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout out for joy to the God of Jacob.
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Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.
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Blow the trumpet on the day of the new moon, on the day of the full moon, when our feast day begins.
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For it is a statute for Israel, a decree given by the God of Jacob.
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He issued it as a regulation in Joseph when he went against the land of Egypt, where I heard a voice that I did not recognize:
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“I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were freed from holding the basket.
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In your distress you called out, and I helped you; I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
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Listen, my people, for I will warn you, Israel, if you would only listen to me!
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There must be no foreign god among you; you must not worship any foreign god.
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I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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But my people did not listen to my words; Israel did not obey me.
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So I gave them over to their own stubborn way so that they might do what seemed right to them.
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Oh, that my people would listen to me; oh, that my people would walk in my paths.
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Then I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their oppressors.
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May those who hate Yahweh cringe in fear before him! May they be humiliated forever.
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I would feed Israel with the finest wheat; I would satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”
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