| King James Bible | English Standard Version |
| 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. | 1Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob! |
| 2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. | 2Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp. |
| 3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. | 3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. |
| 4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. | 4For it is a statute for Israel, a rule 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 made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a language I had not known: |
| 6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. | 6“I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your 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. | 7In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place 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, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me! |
| 9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. | 9There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down 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 the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. |
| 11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. | 11“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. |
| 12So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. | 12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels. |
| 13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! | 13Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! |
| 14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. | 14I would soon 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 cringe toward him, and their fate 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 he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” |
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