1Von Asaf, vorzusingen, auf der Gittit.2Singet fröhlich Gott, der unsre Stärke ist, jauchzet dem Gott Jakobs!3Stimmt an den Gesang und lasst hören die Pauken, liebliche Zithern und Harfen!4Blaset am Neumond die Posaune, am Vollmond, am Tag unsres Festes! (3Mo 23,24)5Denn das ist eine Satzung für Israel und eine Ordnung des Gottes Jakobs.6Das hat er zum Zeugnis gesetzt für Josef, als Er auszog wider Ägyptenland. Eine Sprache höre ich, die ich bisher nicht kannte:7»Ich habe ihre Schultern von der Last befreit, und ihre Hände wurden den Tragkorb los. (2Mo 6,6; Jes 9,3)8Als du mich in der Not anriefst, half ich dir heraus und antwortete dir aus Wolke und Donner und prüfte dich am Haderwasser. Sela. (2Mo 17,2; 2Mo 17,7; 2Mo 19,16; 4Mo 20,13)9Höre, mein Volk, ich will dich ermahnen. Israel, du sollst mich hören!10Kein andrer Gott sei unter dir, und einen fremden Gott sollst du nicht anbeten! (2Mo 20,2)11Ich bin der HERR, dein Gott, / der dich aus Ägyptenland geführt hat: Tu deinen Mund weit auf, lass mich ihn füllen!12Aber mein Volk gehorcht nicht meiner Stimme, und Israel will mich nicht.13So hab ich sie dahingegeben in die Verstocktheit ihres Herzens, dass sie wandeln nach eigenem Rat.14Wenn doch mein Volk mir gehorsam wäre und Israel auf meinem Wege ginge!15Dann wollte ich seine Feinde bald demütigen und meine Hand gegen seine Widersacher wenden!16Und die den HERRN hassen, müssten sich vor ihm beugen, aber Israels Zeit würde ewiglich währen,17und ich würde es mit dem besten Weizen speisen und mit Honig aus dem Felsen sättigen.« (5Mo 32,13)
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.’
To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. Of Asaph.
1Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob![1] (5Mo 32,43; Ps 66,1)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. Selah (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; Ps 37,4)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)