| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob. | 1Sing joyfully to God, our strength. Raise a shout to the God of Jacob. |
| 2Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. | 2Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant-sounding lyre along with the harp. |
| 3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day. | 3Blow the ram's horn when there is a New Moon, when there is a full moon, on our festival day, |
| 4For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. | 4because it is a statute in Israel, an ordinance by the God of Jacob, |
| 5He established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know: | 5a decree that he prescribed for Joseph when he went throughout the land of Egypt, speaking a language I did not recognize. |
| 6"I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket. | 6I removed the burden from your shoulder; your hands were freed of the burdensome 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. | 7In a time of need you called out and I delivered you; I answered you from the dark thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Interlude |
| 8"Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me! | 8Listen, My people and I will warn you. Israel, if only you would obey me! |
| 9"Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god. | 9You must neither have a foreign god over you or worship a strange 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. | 10I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, open your mouth that I may fill it. |
| 11"But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not obey Me. | 11Yet my people didn't obey my voice; Israel didn't submit to me. |
| 12"So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices. | 12So I allowed them to continue in their stubbornness, living by their own advice. |
| 13"Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways! | 13If only my people would obey me, if only Israel would walk in my ways! |
| 14"I would quickly subdue their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries. | 14Then I would quickly subdue their enemies. I would turn against their foes. |
| 15"Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him, And their time of punishment would be forever. | 15Those who hate the LORD will cringe before him; their punishment will be permanent. |
| 16"But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you." | 16But I will feed Israel with the finest wheat, satisfying you with honey from the rock. |
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