1 To the chief Musician * h5329 h8764 upon Gittith * h1665, A Psalm of Asaph * h623. Sing aloud * h7442 h8685 unto God * h430 our strength * h5797: make a joyful noise * h7321 h8685 unto the God * h430 of Jacob * h3290. of Asaph: or, for Asaph
2 Take * h5375 h8798 a psalm * h2172, and bring * h5414 h8798 hither the timbrel * h8596, the pleasant * h5273 harp * h3658 with the psaltery * h5035.
3 Blow up * h8628 h8798 the trumpet * h7782 in the new moon * h2320, in the time appointed * h3677, on our solemn feast * h2282 day * h3117.
4 For this was a statute * h2706 for Israel * h3478, and a law * h4941 of the God * h430 of Jacob * h3290.
5 This he ordained * h7760 h8804 in Joseph * h3084 for a testimony * h5715, when he went out * h3318 h8800 through the land * h776 of Egypt * h4714: where I heard * h8085 h8799 a language * h8193 that I understood * h3045 h8804 not. through: or, against
6 I removed * h5493 h8689 his shoulder * h7926 from the burden * h5447: his hands * h3709 were delivered * h5674 h8799 from the pots * h1731. were...: Heb. passed away
7 Thou calledst * h7121 h8804 in trouble * h6869, and I delivered * h2502 h8762 thee; I answered * h6030 h8799 thee in the secret place * h5643 of thunder * h7482: I proved * h974 h8799 thee at the waters * h4325 of Meribah * h4809. Selah * h5542. Meribah: or, Strife
8 Hear * h8085 h8798, O my people * h5971, and I will testify * h5749 h8686 unto thee: O Israel * h3478, if thou wilt hearken * h8085 h8799 unto me;
9 There shall no strange * h2114 h8801 god * h410 be in thee; neither shalt thou worship * h7812 h8691 any strange * h5236 god * h410.
10 I am the LORD * h3068 thy God * h430, which brought * h5927 h8688 thee out of the land * h776 of Egypt * h4714: open thy mouth * h6310 wide * h7337 h8685, and I will fill * h4390 h8762 it.
11 But my people * h5971 would not hearken * h8085 h8804 to my voice * h6963; and Israel * h3478 would * h14 h8804 none of me.
12 So I gave them up * h7971 h8762 unto their own hearts * h3820' lust * h8307: and they walked * h3212 h8799 in their own counsels * h4156. unto...: or, to the hardness of their hearts, or, imagination
13 Oh * h3863 that my people * h5971 had hearkened * h8085 h8802 unto me, and Israel * h3478 had walked * h1980 h8762 in my ways * h1870!
14 I should soon * h4592 have subdued * h3665 h8686 their enemies * h341 h8802, and turned * h7725 h8686 my hand * h3027 against their adversaries * h6862.
15 The haters * h8130 h8764 of the LORD * h3068 should have submitted * h3584 h8762 themselves unto him: but their time * h6256 should have endured for ever * h5769. submitted...: or, yielded feigned obedience: Heb. lied
16 He should have fed * h398 h8686 them also with the finest * h2459 of the wheat * h2406: and with honey * h1706 out of the rock * h6697 should I have satisfied * h7646 h8686 thee. finest...: Heb. fat of wheat