1Von Asaf, zum Spiel auf der Gittit[1]. (Ps 8,1; Ps 84,1)2Jubelt unserem Gott zu, stark und mächtig ist er! Singt laut vor Freude über den Gott Jakobs!3Stimmt Lieder an und schlagt die Pauken! Lasst die Saiten von Harfe und Laute erklingen!4Stoßt zum Neumond in das Horn und blast es wieder zum Vollmond, dem Tag unseres Festes!5Dies ist für Israel eine bindende Ordnung, ein Gesetz des Gottes Jakobs.6Er gab es dem Volk Gottes, als er gegen die Ägypter kämpfte. Da! Ich höre eine Stimme, die mir bisher unbekannt war:7»Ich habe deine Schultern von der Last befreit, den schweren Tragekorb habe ich dir abgenommen.8Als du in der Not zu mir schriest, rettete ich dich. Ich antwortete dir aus der Gewitterwolke, in der ich mich verborgen hielt. In Meriba prüfte ich dein Vertrauen zu mir, als es dort in der Wüste kein Wasser mehr gab.9Höre, mein Volk; lass dich warnen, Israel! Wenn du doch auf mich hören würdest!10Du sollst keine anderen Götter neben mir haben, wie sie bei fremden Völkern verehrt werden – bete solche Götzen nicht an!11Denn ich bin der HERR, dein Gott, ich habe dich aus Ägypten herausgebracht. Von mir sollst du alles erwarten, und ich werde dir geben, was du brauchst![2]12Aber mein Volk hat nicht auf mich gehört, sie haben nicht mit sich reden lassen.13Da überließ ich sie ihrer Starrköpfigkeit, und sie machten, was sie wollten.14Wenn doch mein Volk auf mich hören wollte! Wenn doch Israel nach meinen Geboten lebte!15Dann würde ich seine Feinde sofort in die Knie zwingen und alle niederwerfen, die Israel unterdrücken.«16Ja, alle, die den HERRN hassen, müssten sich ihm ergeben, und ihre Strafe hätte kein Ende.17Israel aber würde er mit dem besten Weizen versorgen und mit Honig aus den Bergen sättigen.
For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of Asaph.
1Sing joyfully to God! He gives us strength. Give a loud shout to the God of Jacob!2Let the music begin. Play the tambourines. Play sweet music on harps and lyres.3Blow the ram’s horn on the day of the New Moon feast. Blow it again when the moon is full and the Feast of Booths begins.4This is an order given to Israel. It is a law of the God of Jacob.5He gave it as a covenant law for the people of Joseph. It was given when God went out to punish Egypt. There I heard a voice I didn’t recognise.6The voice said, ‘I removed the load from your shoulders. I set your hands free from carrying heavy baskets.7You called out when you were in trouble, and I saved you. I answered you out of a thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.8‘My people, listen and I will warn you. Israel, I wish you would listen to me!9Don’t have anything to do with the gods of other nations. Don’t bow down and worship any god other than me.10I am the LORD your God. I brought you up out of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.11‘But my people wouldn’t listen to me. Israel wouldn’t obey me.12So I let them go their own stubborn way. I let them follow their own sinful plans.13‘I wish my people would listen to me! I wish Israel would live as I want them to live!14Then I would quickly bring their enemies under control. I would use my power against their attackers.15Those who hate me would bow down to me in fear. They would be punished for ever.16But you would be fed with the finest wheat. I would satisfy you with the sweetest honey.’
1To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith.[1] Of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob! (5Mo 32,43; Ps 8,1; Ps 50,1; Ps 66,1; Ps 84,1)2Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp. (2Mo 15,20; Ps 71,22)3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. (3Mo 23,24; 4Mo 10,10; 4Mo 29,1)4For it is a statute for Israel, a rule[2] of the God of Jacob.5He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over[3] the land of Egypt. I hear a language I had not known: (2Mo 11,4; 5Mo 28,49; Ps 77,15; Ps 78,5; Ps 78,67; Ps 80,1; Ps 114,1; Ps 122,4; Jer 5,15)6“I relieved your[4] shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket. (2Mo 1,11; Jes 9,4; Jes 10,27)7In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (2Mo 2,23; 2Mo 14,10; 2Mo 17,7; 2Mo 19,19; 4Mo 20,13; Ps 18,11; Ps 50,15)8Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me! (Ps 50,7)9There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god. (2Mo 20,3; 5Mo 32,12; Ps 44,20; Jes 43,12)10I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. (2Mo 20,2; Ps 37,3)11“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. (2Mo 32,1; 5Mo 32,15; 5Mo 32,18; Spr 1,25; Spr 1,30)12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels. (5Mo 29,19; Hi 8,4; Ps 106,43; Jer 7,24; Mi 6,16; Apg 7,42; Apg 14,16; Röm 1,24; Röm 1,26)13Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! (5Mo 5,29; 5Mo 5,33; 5Mo 32,29; Jes 48,18)14I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes. (Am 1,8)15Those who hate the Lord would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever. (Ps 18,44)16But he would feed you[5] with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” (5Mo 32,13; 5Mo 32,14; Hi 29,6; Ps 147,14; Hes 16,19)