The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
King James Version KJV
1 For the Leader. On the gittit. By Asaf: Sing for joy to God our strength! Shout to the God of Ya'akov!
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Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2 Start the music! Beat the drum! Play the sweet lyre and the lute!
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Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3 Sound the shofar at Rosh-Hodesh and at full moon for the pilgrim feast,
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Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
4 because this is a law for Isra'el, a ruling of the God of Ya'akov.
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For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
5 He placed it as a testimony in Y'hosef when he went out against the land of Egypt. I heard an unfamiliar voice say,
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This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
6 "I lifted the load from his shoulder; his hands were freed from the [laborer's] basket.
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I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
7 You called out when you were in trouble, and I rescued you; I answered you from the thundercloud; I tested you at the M'rivah Spring [by saying,] (Selah)
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Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
8 "'Hear, my people, while I give you warning! Isra'el, if you would only listen to me!
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Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
9 There is not to be with you any foreign god; you are not to worship an alien god.
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There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
10 I am ADONAI your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth, and I will fill it.'
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I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 "But my people did not listen to my voice; Isra'el would have none of me.
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But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to live by their own plans.
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So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
13 How I wish my people would listen to me, that Isra'el would live by my ways!
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Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
14 I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.
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I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
15 Those who hate ADONAI would cringe before him, while [Isra'el's] time would last forever.
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The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
16 They would be fed with the finest wheat, and I would satisfy you with honey from the rocks."
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He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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