4. For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5. He appointed it in Joseph for testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I knew not.
6. I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were freed from the basket.
7. Thou calledst in trouble, and I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8. Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
9. There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
10. I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11. But my people hearkened not to my voice; and Israel would none of me.