CLV(i)
1 {Asaphic{ Be jubilant to Elohim, our Strength; Raise a joyful shout to the Elohim of Jacob!"
2 Lift up a melody, and sound forth the tambourine, The pleasant harp with the zither."
3 Blow the trumpet in the new moon, In the full moon for the day of our celebration."
4 For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the Elohim of Jacob."
5 He established it as a testimony in Joseph, When He went forth over the country of Egypt. There I was hearing from the lip of the One Whom I had not known, saying:"
6 I have withdrawn his back from its burden; His palms, they were freed from the pannier."
7 You called in distress, and I liberated you; I answered you out of the concealment of the thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. {Interlude{ "
8 Hear, My people, and I will testify among you; O Israel, if you would but hearken to Me;"
9 An alien el shall not come among you, And you shall not bow down to a foreign el."
10 I, Yahweh, am your Elohim, Who brought you up from the country of Egypt; Open wide your mouth, and I shall fill it."
11 Yet My people would not hearken to My voice, And Israel would not comply with Me."
12 So I let them go in the obduracy of their own heart; They went in their own counsels.
13 O that My people were hearkening to Me, And Israel were walking in My ways!"
14 Soon I would cause their enemies to submit, And I would reverse My hand against their foes."
15 Those hating Yahweh, they shall cower before Him, And their season for this shall be for the eon."
16 Yet He shall feed him with the fat of the wheat; With honey from the rock shall I satisfy you.