| Holman Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob. | 1For the music director; according to the gittith style; by Asaph. Shout for joy to God, our source of strength! Shout out to the God of Jacob! |
| 2Lift up a song--play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp. | 2Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument! |
| 3Blow the horn on the day of our feasts during the new moon and during the full moon. | 3Sound the ram's horn on the day of the new moon, and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins. |
| 4For this is a statute for Israel, a judgment of the God of Jacob. | 4For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob. |
| 5He set it up as an ordinance for Joseph when He went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard an unfamiliar language:" | 5He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph, when he attacked the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I did not recognize. |
| 6I relieved his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from carrying the basket. | 6It said: "I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket. |
| 7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah | 7In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah) |
| 8Listen, My people, and I will admonish you. Israel, if you would only listen to Me! | 8I said, 'Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me! |
| 9There must not be a strange god among you; you must not bow down to a foreign god. | 9There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god. |
| 10I am Yahweh your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it." | 10I am the LORD, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!' |
| 11But My people did not listen to Me; Israel did not obey Me. | 11But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me. |
| 12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own plans. | 12I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them. |
| 13If only My people would listen to Me and Israel would follow My ways, | 13If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands! |
| 14I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes." | 14Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and attack their adversaries." |
| 15Those who hate the LORD would pretend submission to Him; their doom would last forever. | 15(May those who hate the LORD cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!) |
| 16But He would feed Israel with the best wheat." I would satisfy you with honey from the rock." | 16"I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs." |
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