New American Standard Bible NAS
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1 Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.
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Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
2 Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
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Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.
3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.
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Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;
4 For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
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this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know:
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When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say:
6 "I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.
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“I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
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