¹For 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! ²Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant-sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument. ³Sound the ram’s horn on the day of the new moon and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins.⁴For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob. ⁵He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph, when he attacked the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I did not recognize. ⁶It said: “I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket. ⁷In 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)⁸I said, ‘Listen, my people! I will warn you. O Israel, if only you would obey me!⁹There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god. ¹⁰I 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.’¹¹But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me. ¹²I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.¹³If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands! ¹⁴Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and attack their adversaries.” ¹⁵(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him. May they be permanently humiliated.) ¹⁶“I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs.”