Sing for Joy to God Our Strength 1 Brenton For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the wine-presses. Rejoice ye in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
2 Brenton Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant psaltery with the harp. BSB BSB: Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
3 Brenton Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the glorious day of your feast. BSB BSB: Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
4 Brenton For this is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob. BSB BSB: For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 Brenton He made it to be a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Egypt: he heard a language which he understood not. BSB BSB: He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
6 Brenton He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets. BSB BSB: “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
7 Brenton Thou didst call upon me in trouble, and I delivered thee; I heard thee in the secret place of the storm: I proved thee at the water of Strife. Pause. BSB BSB: You 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
8 Brenton Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel; and I will testify to thee: if thou wilt hearken to me; BSB BSB: Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
9 Brenton there shall be no new god in thee; neither shalt thou worship a strange god. BSB BSB: There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
10 Brenton For I am the Lord thy God, that brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. BSB BSB: I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
11 Brenton But my people hearkened not to my voice; and Israel gave no heed to me. BSB BSB: But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
12 Brenton So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways. BSB BSB: So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
13 Brenton If my people had hearkened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways, BSB BSB: If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
14 Brenton I should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them. BSB BSB: how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
15 Brenton The Lord's enemies should have lied to him: but their time shall be for ever. BSB BSB: Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
16 Brenton And he fed them with the fat of wheat; and satisfied them with honey out of the rock. BSB BSB: But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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