¹ To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.¹

1. of Asaph: or, for Asaph

² Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

³ Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

⁴ For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

⁵ 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.¹

1. through: or, against

⁶ I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.¹

1. were…: Heb. passed away

⁷ 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.¹

1. Meribah: or, Strife

⁸ Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

⁹ There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

¹⁰ I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

¹¹ But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

¹² So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.¹

1. unto…: or, to the hardness of their hearts, or, imagination

¹³ Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

¹⁴ I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

¹⁵ The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.¹

1. submitted…: or, yielded feigned obedience: Heb. lied

¹⁶ He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.¹

1. finest…: Heb. fat of wheat