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1. css="font-style:italic">For the end, a Psalm for Alex. David css="font-style:italic"> Asaph, concerning the wine-presses. - Rejoice ye in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.
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1. To the chief Musician H5329 upon H5921 Gittith H1665 , A Psalm of Asaph H623 . Sing aloud H7442 unto God H430 our strength H5797 : make a joyful noise H7321 unto the God H430 of Jacob H3290 .
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2. Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
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2. Take H5375 a psalm H2172 , and bring H5414 hither the timbrel H8596 , the pleasant H5273 harp H3658 with H5973 the psaltery H5035 .
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3. Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the glorious day of Alex. our your feast.
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3. Blow up H8628 the trumpet H7782 in the new moon H2320 , in the time appointed H3677 , on our solemn feast H2282 day H3117 .
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4. For this is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob.
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4. For H3588 this H1931 was a statute H2706 for Israel H3478 , and a law H4941 of the God H430 of Jacob H3290 .
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5. He made Gr. him, sc. Israel it to be a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Egypt: he heard a language which he understood not.
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5. This he ordained H7760 in Joseph H3084 for a testimony H5715 , when he went out H3318 through H5921 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 : where I heard H8085 a language H8193 that I understood H3045 not H3808 .
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6. He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets.
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6. I removed H5493 his shoulder H7926 from the burden H4480 H5447 : his hands H3709 were delivered H5674 from the pots H4480 H1731 .
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7. Thou didst call upon me in trouble, and I delivered thee; I heard thee in the secret place of the storm: I proved thee at the water of Lit. contradiction Strife. Pause.
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7. Thou calledst H7121 in trouble H6869 , and I delivered H2502 thee ; I answered H6030 thee in the secret place H5643 of thunder H7482 : I proved H974 thee at H5921 the waters H4325 of Meribah H4809 . Selah H5542 .
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8. Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel; and I will testify to thee: if thou wilt hearken to me;
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8. Hear H8085 , O my people H5971 , and I will testify H5749 unto thee : O Israel H3478 , if H518 thou wilt hearken H8085 unto me;
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9. there shall be no new god in thee; neither shalt thou worship a strange god.
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9. There shall no H3808 strange H2114 god H410 be H1961 in thee; neither H3808 shalt thou worship H7812 any strange H5236 god H410 .
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10. For I am the Lord thy God, that brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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10. I H595 am the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , which brought H5927 thee out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 : open thy mouth H6310 wide H7337 , and I will fill H4390 it.
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11. But my people hearkened not to my voice; and Israel gave no heed to me.
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11. But my people H5971 would not H3808 hearken H8085 to my voice H6963 ; and Israel H3478 would H14 none H3808 of me.
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12. So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways.
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12. So I gave them up H7971 unto their own hearts H3820 ' lust H8307 : and they walked H1980 in their own counsels H4156 .
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13. If my people had hearkened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways,
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13. Oh that H3863 my people H5971 had hearkened H8085 unto me, and Israel H3478 had walked H1980 in my ways H1870 !
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14. I should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them.
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14. I should soon H4592 have subdued H3665 their enemies H341 , and turned H7725 my hand H3027 against H5921 their adversaries H6862 .
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15. The Lord’s enemies should have lied to him: but sc. of the others their time shall be for ever.
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15. The haters H8130 of the LORD H3068 should have submitted H3584 themselves unto him : but their time H6256 should have endured H1961 forever H5769 .
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16. And he fed them with the fat of wheat; and satisfied them with honey out of the rock.
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16. He should have fed H398 them also with the finest H4480 H2459 of the wheat H2406 : and with honey H1706 out of the rock H4480 H6697 should I have satisfied H7646 thee.
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