1 Til sangmesteren, efter Gittit*; av Asaf. / {* SLM 8, 1.}
2 Juble for Gud, vår styrke, rop med glede for Jakobs Gud!
3 Stem i sang og la pauken lyde, den liflige citar tillikemed harpen!
4 Støt i basun i måneden*, ved fullmånen, på vår høitids dag! / {* 2MO 12, 2 fg.}
5 For det er en lov for Israel, en rett for Jakobs Gud.
6 Han satte det til et vidnesbyrd i Josef da han* drog ut gjennem Egyptens land. - Jeg hørte en røst som jeg ikke kjente:** / {* d.e. Josef.} / {** 5MO 4, 33 fg. 5, 22 fg.}
7 Jeg fridde hans skulder fra byrden, hans hender slapp fri fra bærekurven.
8 I nøden ropte du, og jeg fridde dig ut; jeg svarte dig, skjult i tordenskyen, jeg prøvde dig ved Meriba-vannene. Sela.
9 Hør, mitt folk, og jeg vil vidne for dig! Israel, o, at du vilde høre mig:
10 Det skal ikke være nogen fremmed gud hos dig, og du skal ikke tilbede utlendingens gud.
11 Jeg er Herren din Gud, som førte dig op av Egyptens land; lukk din munn vidt op, at jeg kan fylle den!
12 Men mitt folk hørte ikke min røst, og Israel vilde ikke lyde mig.
13 Så lot jeg dem fare i sitt hjertes hårdhet, forat de skulde vandre i sine egne onde råd.
14 O, at mitt folk vilde høre mig, og at Israel vilde vandre på mine veier!
15 Om en liten stund vilde jeg da ydmyke deres fiender og vende min hånd imot deres motstandere.
16 De som hater Herren, skulde smigre for dem, og deres tid skulde vare evindelig.
17 Og han skulde fø dem med den beste hvete, og jeg skulde mette dig med honning fra klippen.
1 To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith. Of Asaph.
2 \81:1\Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob.
3 \81:2\Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments.
4 \81:3\Let the horn be sounded in the time of the new moon, at the full moon, on our holy feast-day:
5 \81:4\For this is a rule for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
6 \81:5\He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears.
7 \81:6\I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets.
8 \81:7\You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)
9 \81:8\Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say!
10 \81:9\There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.
11 \81:10\I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food.
12 \81:11\But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.
13 \81:12\So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.
14 \81:13\If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!
15 \81:14\I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.
16 \81:15\The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their destruction would be eternal.
17 \81:16\I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.