Sing for Joy to God Our Strength 1 ULT Shout joyfully to God, our strength; shout out 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 ULT Raise a song and put forth the tambourine, the pleasant harp with the lyre. BSB BSB: Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
3 ULT Blow a shofar at the new moon, at the full moon for the day of our festival. BSB BSB: Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
4 ULT For{ it is} a statute for Israel, a judgment of the God of Jacob. BSB BSB: For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 ULT He set it as a testimony in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt,{ where} I heard a lip I did not know. 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 ULT “I removed his shoulder from the burden; his palms passed from the basket. BSB BSB: “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
7 ULT In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you from the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah 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 ULT Hear, my people, and let me testify against you. Israel, if you would listen to me! BSB BSB: Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
9 ULT There shall not be a strange god among you, and you shall not bow down to a god of foreignness. BSB BSB: There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
10 ULT I{ am} Yahweh your God, the one having brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, 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 ULT But my people did not listen to my voice, and Israel did not submit to me. BSB BSB: But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
12 ULT So I sent them away in the stubbornness of their heart; they walked in their counsels. BSB BSB: So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
13 ULT If only my people were listening to me,{ if} Israel would walk in my ways! BSB BSB: If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
14 ULT As a little{ thing} I would subdue their enemies, and I would turn my hand against their adversaries. BSB BSB: how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
15 ULT The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, and their time would be forever. BSB BSB: Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
16 ULT And he would feed him with the fat of the wheat, and I would satisfy you with honey from 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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