Sing for Joy to God Our Strength 1 RV For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto 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 RV Take up the psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. BSB BSB: Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
3 RV Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, at the full moon, on our solemn feast day. BSB BSB: Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
4 RV For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. BSB BSB: For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 RV He appointed it in Joseph for testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I knew 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 RV I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were freed from the basket. BSB BSB: “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
7 RV Thou calledst in trouble, and I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee 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 RV Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me! BSB BSB: Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
9 RV There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. BSB BSB: There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
10 RV I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee up 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 RV But my people hearkened not to my voice; and Israel would none of me. BSB BSB: But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
12 RV So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels. BSB BSB: So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
13 RV Oh that my people would hearken unto me, that Israel would walk in my ways! BSB BSB: If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
14 RV I should soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries. BSB BSB: how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
15 RV The haters of the LORD should submit themselves unto him: but their time should endure for ever. BSB BSB: Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
16 RV He should feed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I satisfy thee. BSB BSB: But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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