1 For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob. 2  Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. 3  Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day. 4  For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5  He established it for a testimony in Joseph, When he went ^F860 throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know: 6  "I relieved ^F861 his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket. ^F862 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. ^F863

8  "Hear, O My people, and I will admonish ^F864 you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me! 9  "Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign 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. 11  "But My people did not listen to My voice; And Israel did not obey ^F865 Me. 12  "So I gave them ^F866 over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices. 13  "Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways! 14  "I would quickly subdue their enemies, And turn My hand against their adversaries. 15  "Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him; And their time of punishment would be forever. 16  "But I would feed you with the finest ^F867 of the wheat; And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."

1 A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God, do not remain quiet; Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still. 2  For, behold, Thine enemies make an uproar; And those who hate Thee have exalted ^F872 themselves. 3  They make shrewd plans against Thy people, And conspire ^F873 together against Thy treasured ^F874 ones. 4  They have said, "Come, and let us wipe them out as ^F875 a nation, That the name of Israel be remembered no more." 5  For they have conspired ^F876 together with one mind; Against Thee do they make a covenant: 6  The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites; 7  Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8  Assyria also has joined with them; They have become a ^F877 help to the children of Lot. Selah. ^F878

9  Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin, at the torrent of Kishon, 10  Who were destroyed at En-dor, Who became as dung for the ground. 11  Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, 12  Who said, "Let us possess for ourselves The pastures of God." 13  O my God, make them like the whirling ^F879 dust; Like chaff before the wind. 14  Like fire that burns the forest, And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire, 15  So pursue them with Thy tempest, And terrify them with Thy storm. 16  Fill their faces with dishonor, That they may seek Thy name, O Lord. 17  Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever; And let them be humiliated and perish, 18  That they may know that Thou alone, whose name is the Lord, Art the Most High over all the earth.