GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 Come, let's sing joyfully to the LORD. Let's shout happily to the rock of our salvation.
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Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let's come into his presence with a song of thanksgiving. Let's shout happily to him with psalms.
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Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
3 The LORD is a great God and a great king above all gods.
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For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth, and the mountain peaks are his.
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In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.
5 The sea is his. He made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
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The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
6 Come, let's worship and bow down. Let's kneel in front of the LORD, our maker,
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Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
7 because he is our God and we are the people in his care, the flock that he leads. If only you would listen to him today!
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for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice,
8 "Do not be stubborn like [my people were] at Meribah, like the time at Massah in the desert.
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“Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness,
9 Your ancestors challenged me and tested me there, although they had seen what I had done.
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where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
10 For 40 years I was disgusted with those people. So I said, 'They are a people whose hearts continue to stray. They have not learned my ways.'
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For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways.’
11 That is why I angrily took this solemn oath: 'They will never enter my place of rest!'"
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So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”
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