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1 Come, let's sing for joy to the Lord. Let's shout praises to the Rock who saves us.
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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 to him with thanksgiving. Let's sing songs to him,
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Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
3 because the Lord is the great God, the great King over all gods.
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For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
4 The deepest places on earth are his, and the highest mountains belong to him.
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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 because he made it, and he created the land with his own hands.
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The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
6 Come, let's worship him and bow down. Let's kneel before the Lord who made us,
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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 he takes care of and the sheep that he tends. Today listen to what he says:
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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, as your ancestors were at Meribah, as they were that day 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 There your ancestors tested me and tried me even though they saw what I did.
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where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
10 I was angry with those people for forty years. I said, 'They are not loyal to me and have not understood 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 I was angry and made a promise, 'They will never enter my rest.'"
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So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”
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