1 An Appeal for Israel’s Repentance To the Chief Musician. Ps. 8:title On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.
2 Raise a song and strike the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the lute.
3 Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.
4 For Lev. 23:24; Num. 10:10 this is a statute for Israel, A law of the God of Jacob.
5 This He established in Joseph as a testimony, When He went throughout the land of Egypt, Deut. 28:49; Ps. 114:1; Jer. 5:15 Where I heard a language I did not understand.
6 “I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the baskets.
7 Ex. 2:23; 14:10; Ps. 50:15 You called in trouble, and I delivered you; Ex. 19:19; 20:18 I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I Ex. 17:6, 7; Num. 20:13 tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8 “Hear, (Ps. 50:7) O My people, and I will admonish you! O Israel, if you will listen to Me!
9 There shall be no (Ex. 20:3; Deut. 5:7; 32:12); Ps. 44:20; (Is. 43:12) foreign god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
10 Ex. 20:2; Deut. 5:6 I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt; Ps. 103:5 Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 “But My people would not heed My voice, And Israel would have Ex. 32:1; Deut. 32:15 none of Me.
12 (Job 8:4; Acts 7:42; Rom. 1:24, 26) So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, To walk in their own counsels.
13 “Oh, (Deut. 5:29; Is. 48:18) that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!
14 I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn My hand against their adversaries.
15 Rom. 1:30 The haters of the Lord would pretend submission to Him, But their fate would endure forever.
16 He would Deut. 32:14 have fed them also with the finest of wheat; And with honey Job 29:6 from the rock I would have satisfied you.”