[1] Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful noise to the God of
Jacob! [2] Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, The pleasant
lyre with the harp. [3] Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, At the full
moon, on our feast day. [4] For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance
of the God of Jacob. [5] He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When
he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn`t
know. [6] "I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed
from the basket. [7] You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I
answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters
of Meribah." Selah. [8] "Hear, my people, and I will testify to you.
Israel, if you would listen to me! [9] There shall be no strange god in
you, Neither shall you worship any foreign god. [10] I am Yahweh, your
God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth
wide, and I will fill it. [11] But my people didn`t listen to my voice.
Israel desired none of me. [12] So I let them go after the stubbornness of
their hearts, That they might walk in their own counsels. [13] Oh that
my people would listen to me, That Israel would walk in my ways! [14] I
would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their
adversaries. [15] The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, And
their punishment would last forever. [16] But he would have also fed them
with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the
rock." Psalm 82 A Psalm by Asaph.
