American Standard Version of 1901
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For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.Sing aloud unto God our strength:Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Raise a song, and {Or, strike the timbrel}bring hither the timbrel,The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Blow the trumpet at the new moon,At the full moon, on our feast-day.
For it is a statute for Israel,An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony,When he went out {Or, against}over the land of Egypt,Where I heard {Or, the speech of one that &c.}a language that I knew not.
I removed his shoulder from the burden:His hands were freed from the basket.
Thou 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
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee:O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
There shall no strange god be in thee;Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
I am Jehovah thy God,Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt:Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
But my people hearkened not to my voice;And Israel would none of me.
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart,That they might walk in their own counsels.
Oh that my people would hearken unto me,That Israel would walk in my ways!
I would soon subdue their enemies,And turn my hand against their adversaries.
The haters of Jehovah should {Or, yield feigned obedience Hebrew: lie.}submit themselves unto him:But their time should endure for ever.
He would feed them also with the {Hebrew: fat of wheat.}finest of the wheat;And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.