1. Sing aloud unto God our strength;

1. make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

2. Lift up a melody, and sound the tambourine,

2. the pleasant lyre with the harp.

3. Blow the trumpet at the New Moon,

3. at the full moon on our feast day.

4. For this is a statute for Israel,

4. a decree of the God of Jacob.

5. This He ordained in Joseph as a decree

5. when He went out against the land of Egypt.

5. I heard a voice that I had not known:

6. “I removed his shoulder from the burden;

6. his hands were released from holding the basket.

7. You called in trouble, and I delivered you;

7. I answered you in the secret place of thunder;

7. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

8. Hear, O My people, and I will testify against you.

8. O Israel, if you would listen to me!

9. There shall be no strange god among you;

9. neither shall you bow down to any strange god.

10. I am the Lord your God,

10. who brought you out of the land of Egypt;

10. open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11. “But My people would not listen to My voice;

11. Israel would not submit to Me.

12. So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts,

12. to walk in their own counsels.

13. “Oh, that My people would listen to Me,

13. and Israel would follow in My ways!

14. I would soon subdue their enemies,

14. and turn My hand against their adversaries.

15. Let those who hate the Lord cower before Him

15. and their fate might last forever.

16. But I would feed them with the finest of wheat,

16. and with honey out of the rock I would satisfy you.”