| King James Bible | New International 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. | 1For the director of music. According to gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob! |
| 2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. | 2Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious 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 when the moon is full, on the day of our festival; |
| 4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. | 4this is a decree 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. | 5When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say: |
| 6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. | 6"I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free 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 your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. |
| 8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; | 8Hear me, my people, and I will warn you-- if you would only listen to me, Israel! |
| 9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. | 9You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not worship any god other than me. |
| 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. | 11"But my people would not listen to me; 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 devices. |
| 13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! | 13"If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways, |
| 14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. | 14how quickly 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 cringe before him, and their punishment 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 you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you." |
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