Study Desk

For the choir director; ^[a]on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.

^(a)Sing for joy to God our ^(b)strength; Shout ^(c)joyfully to the ^(d)God of Jacob.

Raise a song, strike ^(e)the timbrel, The sweet sounding ^(f)lyre with the ^(g)harp.

Blow the trumpet at the ^(h)new moon, At the full moon, on our ⁽ⁱ⁾feast day.

For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

He established it for a testimony in Joseph When he ^[b](j)went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a ^(k)language that I did not know:

"I ^[c](l)relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the ^[d]basket.

"You ^(m)called in trouble and I rescued you; I ⁽ⁿ⁾answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the ^(o)waters of Meribah. ^[e]Selah.

"^(p)Hear, O My people, and I will ^[f]admonish you; O Israel, if you ^(q)would listen to Me!

"Let there be no ^(r)strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

"^(s)I, the Lord , am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; ^(t)Open your mouth wide and I will ^(u)fill it.

"But My people ^(v)did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not ^[g]obey Me.

"So I ^(w)gave ^[h]them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices.

"Oh that My people ^(x)would listen to Me, That Israel would ^(y)walk in My ways!

"I would quickly ^(z)subdue their enemies And ^(aa)turn My hand against their adversaries.

"^(ab)Those who hate the Lord would ^(ac)pretend obedience to Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.

"^[i]But I would feed you with the ^[j](ad)finest of the wheat, And with ^(ae)honey from the rock I would satisfy you."