1

Shout for joy to God, our strength;
raise a joyful song to the God of Jacob.

Begin the music with tambourines,
with harps and lyres;
let beautiful melodies resound!

2

On the days of our festivals,
blow the joyful trumpet.
This is a decree for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

3

Egypt was the land where we were enslaved,
the place where we heard a language we did not know.
He lifted the burdens from our shoulders
and set our hands free from their labor.

4

He brought Israel out of Egypt,
and said, “If My people will listen to Me,
do not make for yourselves any foreign god;
do not bow down to any other god.”

5

Open your mouth wide,
and I will fill it with what you need.
But My people would not listen to Me;
Israel would not submit to Me.

6

If Israel would only listen to Me,
if they would walk in My ways,
I would quickly defeat their enemies
and turn My hand against their foes.

7

I would feed them with the finest wheat
and satisfy them with honey from the rock.
I would fill them with abundance and satisfaction;
and their blessedness would endure forever.