1. Shout for joy to God, our source of strength!Shout out to the God of Jacob!
2. Sing a song and play the tambourine,the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!
3. Sound the ram’s horn on the day of the new moon,and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins.
4. For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel;it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.
5. He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph,when he attacked the land of Egypt.I heard a voice I did not recognize.
6. It said: “I removed the burden from his shoulder;his hands were released from holding the basket.
7. In your distress you called out and I rescued you.I answered you from a dark thundercloud.I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
8. I said, ‘Listen, my people!I will warn you!O Israel, if only you would obey me!