Sing for Joy to God Our Strength 1 WBS To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise 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 WBS Take a 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 WBS Blow the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, 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 WBS For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. BSB BSB: For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 WBS 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. 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 WBS I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. BSB BSB: “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
7 WBS 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. 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 WBS Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee; O Israel, 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 WBS 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 WBS I am the LORD thy God who 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 WBS But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would not obey me. BSB BSB: But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
12 WBS So I gave them up to their own hearts lust: and they walked in their own counsels. BSB BSB: So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
13 WBS O that my people had hearkened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways! BSB BSB: If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
14 WBS I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. BSB BSB: how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
15 WBS The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves to him: and their time should have endured for ever. BSB BSB: Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
16 WBS He would have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock I should have satisfied thee. BSB BSB: But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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