Psalm

 2 Begin the music and take a tambourine,

The melodious harp together with the stringed instrument.

 3 Blow the horn on the new moon,+

On the full moon, for the day of our festival.+

 4 For it is a decree for Israel,

A ruling of the God of Jacob.+

 5 He established it as a reminder for Joseph+

When He went out against the land of Egypt.+

 6 “I lifted the burden from his shoulder;+

His hands were freed from the basket.

 7 In your distress you called, and I rescued you;+

I answered you from the thundercloud.*+

 9 Among you, there will be no strange god,

And you will not bow down to a foreign god.+

10 I, Jehovah, am your God,

The one who brought you out of the land of Egypt.+

11 But my people did not listen to my voice;

Israel would not submit to me.+

12 So I let them follow their stubborn hearts;

They did what they thought was right.*+

13 If only my people would listen to me,+

If only Israel would walk in my ways!+

14 Their enemies I would quickly subdue;

I would turn my hand against their adversaries.+

15 Those who hate Jehovah will cringe in his presence,

And their outcome* will be forever.

16 But he will feed you* with the finest* wheat+

And satisfy you with honey from the rock.”+