| King James Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. | 1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. |
| 2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. | 2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre. |
| 3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. | 3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast. |
| 4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. | 4For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance 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. | 5He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language: |
| 6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. | 6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket. |
| 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. | 7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah |
| 8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; | 8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me! |
| 9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. | 9There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign 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. | 10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it. |
| 11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. | 11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me. |
| 12So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. | 12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. |
| 13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! | 13If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways, |
| 14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. | 14how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes! |
| 15The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. | 15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever. |
| 16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. | 16But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” |
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