1Dem Chorleiter. Nach dem Kelterlied. Von Asaf.2Freut euch über Gott, unsere Stärke! / Jubelt dem Gott Jakobs zu!3Stimmt den Lobgesang an, und lasst das Tamburin hören, / die liebliche Zither und die Harfe dazu!4Stoßt am Neumond ins Horn, / am Vollmond und zum Tag unseres Festes!5Denn das ist für Israel Vorschrift, / eine Verordnung von Jakobs Gott.6Diese Regel gab er Josefs Volk, / als er gegen Ägypten kämpfte.
Nun höre ich eine Sprache, die ich nicht kenne:7Ich habe seine Schulter von der Last befreit, / seine Hände vom Tragkorb gelöst.8Du riefst in deiner Not und ich befreite dich, / ich antwortete dir im Donnergewölk.[1] / Am Wasser von Meriba[2] prüfte ich dich. ♪9Hör, mein Volk, ich muss dich warnen! / Wenn du doch hören würdest, Israel!10Es soll kein anderer Gott bei dir sein, / bete niemals einen fremden Gott an!11Ich bin Jahwe, dein Gott. / Ich habe dich aus dem Land Ägypten befreit. / Öffne deinen Mund weit, dass ich ihn füllen kann.12Aber mein Volk hat nicht auf mich gehört, / Israel wollte mich nicht.13Da überließ ich sie ihrer Starrköpfigkeit, / und sie folgten ihrem eigenen Rat.14Wenn mein Volk doch auf mich hörte! / Wenn Israel doch auf meinen Wegen blieb!15Wie bald würde ich ihre Feinde bezwingen, / und ihre Bedränger spürten meine Macht.16Die Jahwe hassen, müssten ihm schmeicheln, / und ihre Zeit wäre für immer vorbei.17Doch euch würde ich nähren mit dem besten Korn, / ja mit Honig aus dem Felsen machte ich euch satt.
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)