1Sing aloud unto God our strength : make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob . 2Take a psalm , and bring hither the timbrel , the pleasant harp with the psaltery . 3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon , in the time appointed , on our solemn feast day . 4For this was a statute for Israel , and a law of the God of Jacob . 5This 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.
God's Deliverance and Instructions
6I removed his shoulder from the burden : his hands were delivered from the pots . 7Thou 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 . 8Hear , O my people , and I will testify unto thee: O Israel , if thou wilt hearken unto me; 9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god . 10I am the LORD thy God , which brought thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide , and I will fill it.
Consequences of Rebellion
11But my people would not hearken to my voice ; and Israel would none of me. 12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust : and they walked in their own counsels . 13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways ! 14I should soon have subdued their enemies , and turned my hand against their adversaries . 15The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever . 16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat : and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.