*For the music director; according to the gittith style; by Asaph. Shout for joy to God, our source of strength! Shout out to the God of Jacob!*Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!*Sound the ram’s horn on the day of the new moon, and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins. *For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.*He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph, when he attacked the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I did not recognize. *It said: “I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket. *In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)*I said, ‘Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me! *There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.*I am the Lord, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’*But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me. *I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them. *If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands! *Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and attack their adversaries.”*(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!) *“I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs.”
