1. To the Overseer. --`On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.
2. Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.
3. Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,
4. For a statute to Israel it [is], An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5. A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known--I hear.
6. From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.
7. In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah.
8. Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me: