| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1To the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. [i]A Psalm[/i] of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob. | 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. |
| 2Raise a song and strike the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the lute. | 2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. |
| 3Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, At the full moon, on our solemn feast day. | 3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. |
| 4For this is a statute for Israel, A law of the God of Jacob. | 4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. |
| 5This He established in Joseph as a testimony, When He went throughout the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language I did not understand. | 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. |
| 6“I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the baskets. | 6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. |
| 7You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah | 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. |
| 8“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you! O Israel, if you will listen to Me! | 8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; |
| 9There shall be no foreign god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god. | 9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. |
| 10I am the LORD your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. | 10I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. |
| 11“But My people would not heed My voice, And Israel would have none of Me. | 11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. |
| 12So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, To walk in their own counsels. | 12So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. |
| 13“Oh, that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways! | 13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! |
| 14I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn My hand against their adversaries. | 14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. |
| 15The haters of the LORD would pretend submission to Him, But their fate would endure forever. | 15The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. |
| 16He would have fed them also with the finest of wheat; And with honey from the rock I would have satisfied you.” | 16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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