1Sing aloud to God our strength;
shout out for joy to the God of Jacob.

2Sing a song and play the tambourine,
the pleasant lyre with the harp.

3Blow the trumpet on the day of the new moon,
on the day of the full moon, when our feast day begins.

4For it is a statute for Israel,
a decree given by the God of Jacob.

5He issued it as a regulation in Joseph
when he went against the land of Egypt,
where I heard a voice that I did not recognize:

6“I removed the burden from his shoulder;
his hands were freed from holding the basket.

7In your distress you called out, and I helped you;
I answered you from a dark thundercloud.
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

8Listen, my people, for I will warn you,
Israel, if you would only listen to me!

9There must be no foreign god among you;
you must not worship any foreign god.

10I am Yahweh your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11But my people did not listen to my words;
Israel did not obey me.

12So I gave them over to their own stubborn way
so that they might do what seemed right to them.

13Oh, that my people would listen to me;
oh, that my people would walk in my paths.

14Then I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their oppressors.

15May those who hate Yahweh cringe in fear before him!
May they be humiliated forever.

16I would feed Israel with the finest wheat;
I would satisfy you with honey out of the rock.”