תהילים פא

For the leader; on the gittith. Of Asaph.

Sing joyously to God, our strength;
raise a shout for the God of Jacob.

Take up the song,
sound the hand-drum,
the melodious lyre and harp.

Blow the horn on the new moon,
on the full moon for our feast day.

For it is a law for Israel,
a ruling of the God of Jacob—

imposed as a decree upon Joseph
when he went forth from the land of Egypt;
I heard a language that I knew not.

“I relieved his shoulder of the burden,
his hands were freed from the basket.

In distress you called and I rescued you;
I answered you from the secret place of thunder
I tested you at the Waters of Meribah.    Selah.

Hear, My people, and I will admonish you;
Israel, if you would but listen to Me!

You shall have no foreign god,
you shall not bow to an alien god.

I the ETERNAL am your God
who brought you out of the land of Egypt;
open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

But My people would not listen to Me,
Israel would not obey Me.

So I let them go after their willful heart
that they might follow their own devices.

If only My people would listen to Me,
if Israel would follow My paths,

then would I subdue their enemies at once,
strike their foes again and again.”

Those who hate GOD shall cower;
their doom shall be eternal.

[God] fed Israel the finest wheat;
“I sated you with honey from the rock.”