Verse 1
Sing aloud to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Verse 2
Take a psalm, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant harp with the lyre.
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Verse 3
Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the appointed time, on our solemn feast day.
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
Verse 4
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
Verse 5
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt; where I heard a language that I did not understand.
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.
Verse 6
I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the baskets.
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
Verse 7
You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
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.
Verse 8
Hear, O my people, and I will testify to you; O Israel, if you will listen to me;
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
Verse 9
There shall be no strange god among you; nor shall you worship any foreign god.
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Verse 10
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Verse 11
But my people would not listen to my voice; and Israel did not want me.
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
Verse 12
So I gave them up to their own hearts' desires, and they walked in their own counsels.
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
Verse 13
Oh, that my people would have listened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
Verse 14
I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
Verse 15
The haters of the LORD would have submitted themselves to him; but their time would have endured forever.
The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
Verse 16
He would have fed them also with the finest of wheat; and with honey from the rock, I would have satisfied you.
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.