⁷ “I relieved his shoulder of the burden,
his hands were set free from the basket.
⁸ You called out in trouble, and I rescued you.
I answered you from the hiding place of thunder.
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
⁹ Hear, My people, I will admonish you—
if you would listen to Me, O Israel!
¹⁰ Let there be no foreign god among you,
and you shall not worship any alien god.
¹¹ I am Adonai your God,
    who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.

¹² But My people did not listen to My voice.
Israel was not willing to be Mine.
¹³ So I gave them over
to the stubbornness of their heart,
to walk in their own counsels.
¹⁴ Oh that My people would listen to Me,
that Israel would walk in My ways!
¹⁵ I would soon subdue their enemies,
and turn My hand against their foes.
¹⁶ Those who hate Adonai would cringe before Him—
their time of doom would be forever.
¹⁷ But you would be fed with the finest wheat,
with honey out of a rock would I satisfy you.”