Psalms

¹ A song to our strong God! a shout to the God of Jacob!

² sweet sounds from lute and harp,

³ it's festival day, a feast to God!

⁴ solemnly ordered by the God of Jacob.

⁵ so we'd never forget what he did in Egypt. I hear this most gentle whisper from One I never guessed would speak to me:

⁶ freed you from a life of hard labor.

⁷ I got you out of a bad place. I answered you from where the thunder hides, I proved you at Meribah Fountain.

⁸ O Israel, don't take this lightly.

⁹ don't worship the latest in gods.

¹⁰ who rescued you from doom in Egypt, Then fed you all you could eat, filled your hungry stomachs.

¹¹ Israel paid no attention;

¹² Do it your own way!'

¹³ Israel, will you follow my map?

¹⁴ give your foes the back of my hand.

¹⁵ never to be heard from again.

¹⁶ spread with butter and rock-pure honey."