To the chief Musician upon the Gittit, Of Asaf.

For the conductor, on the gitith [a type of instrument], [a psalm] of Asaf.

Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Ya῾aqov.

Sing to the G d of our strength; blow [the shofar on Rosh Hashanah] to the G d of Jacob.

Raise a song, sound the timbrel, the sweet lyre, with the harp.

Lift [your voices in] song, and sound the timbrel, the sweet lyre and the harp.

Blow a shofar at the new moon, at the full moon on our feast day.

Blow the shofar in the renewal [of the moon], at the appointed time for the day of our festival [Rosh Hashanah].

For this is a statute for Yisra᾽el, an ordinance of the God of Ya῾aqov.

For it [the blowing of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah] is a statute unto Israel, [a day of] judgment for the G d of Jacob.

This he ordained in Yosef for testimony, when he went out over the land of Miżrayim. I heard the language of him whom I had not known, saying,

Testimony [(to Rosh Hashanah)] in Yehosef He placed, when he went forth [from prison to rule] over the land of Egypt [(Joseph being released from prison on Rosh Hashanah)]. [Joseph says:] A language I did not know I will [now] understand [(the angel Gabriel teaching him seventy tongues)].

I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands are freed from the basket.

[G d says:] I removed his shoulder from toil; his hands are freed from the [(Egyptian slave labor of the)] cauldron [i.e., cooking].

Thou didst call in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meriva. (Sela.)

In affliction you [Israel] called, and I rescued you. I answered you [though you called] secretly, in thunder, [(openly manifesting My might)], [though] it was clear to Me [(that you would rebel against Me] at the waters of Merivah, Selah.

Hear, O my people, and I will testify against thee: O Yisra᾽el, if thou wilt hearken to me:

[(Having done all this for you, it is fitting that you)] hearken unto Me, My people, and I shall exhort you. [(You are my people)] Israel, if you hearken unto Me.

there shall be no strange god among thee; nor shalt thou worship any foreign deity.

Let there by no strange god unto you, and do not bow down to a foreign god.

I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Miżrayim: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

I am the L rd your G d who brought you up from the land of Egypt; open wide your mouth [i.e., ask whatever you like], and I shall fill it.

But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Yisra᾽el would none of me.

But My people did not hearken to My voice; Israel did not wish [to heed] Me.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might follow their own counsels.

And I sent them after the visions of their hearts; let them follow their counsels!

Oh that my people would hearken to me, and Yisra᾽el would walk in my ways!

Would [(even now)] that My people would listen to Me, that Israel would walk in My ways!

I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

In but a short while I would have humbled their foes and turned My hand [i.e., My blows, from them] upon their oppressors.

Let the haters of the Lord cringe before him: and their punishment should last forever.

[And then] the foes of the L rd would deny [(their atrocities)] to Him [(in terror of retribution)] and their time [(of retribution)] would endure forever.

But he would feed him with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock I will satisfy thee.

And He would feed them [Israel] from the fat of the wheat, and [say to them:] "From the rock I will sate you with honey."