1. Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.
PSALMS (1:81)
2.
Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding 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 established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know:
6.
“I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.
7.
-“You called in trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
8.
-“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me!
9.
-“Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
10.
-“I, the LORD, am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
11.
“But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not obey Me.
12.
-“So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices.
13.
-“Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!
14.
-“I would quickly subdue their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries.
15.
-“Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.
16.
-“But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
1. Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.
PSALMS (1:81)
2.
Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding 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 established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know:
6.
“I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.
7.
-“You called in trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
8.
-“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me!
9.
-“Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
10.
-“I, the LORD, am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
11.
“But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not obey Me.
12.
-“So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices.
13.
-“Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!
14.
-“I would quickly subdue their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries.
15.
-“Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.
16.
-“But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
