| Berean Study Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. | 1Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob! |
| 2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre. | 2Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp. |
| 3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast. | 3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. |
| 4For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. | 4For it is a statute for Israel, a rule of the God of Jacob. |
| 5He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language: | 5He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a language I had not known: |
| 6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket. | 6“I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket. |
| 7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah | 7In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah |
| 8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me! | 8Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me! |
| 9There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god. | 9There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god. |
| 10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it. | 10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. |
| 11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me. | 11“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. |
| 12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. | 12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels. |
| 13If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways, | 13Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! |
| 14how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes! | 14I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes. |
| 15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever. | 15Those who hate the LORD would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever. |
| 16But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” | 16But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” |
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