1 For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the wine-presses. Notesn1 Alex. David.
2 Rejoice ye in God our helper ; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.
3 Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
4 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the glorious day of your feast. Notesn1 Alex. our.
5 For this is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob.
6 He made it to be a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Egypt : he heard a language which he understood not. Notesn1 Gr. him, sc. Israel.
7 He removed his back from burdens : his hands slaved in making the baskets.
8 Thou didst call upon me in trouble, and I delivered thee ; I heard thee in the secret place of the storm : I proved thee at the water of Strife. Pause. Notesn1 Lit. contradiction.
9 Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel ; and I will testify to thee : if thou wilt hearken to me ;
10 there shall be no new god in thee ; neither shalt thou worship a strange god.
11 For I am the Lord thy God, that brought thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
12 But my people hearkened not to my voice ; and Israel gave no heed to me.
13 So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts : they will go on in their own ways.
14 If my people had hearkened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways,
15 I should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them.
16 The Lord's enemies should have lied to him : but their time shall be for ever. Notesn1 sc. of the others.
17 And he fed them with the fat of wheat ; and satisfied them with honey out of the rock.