The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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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 for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
2 Start the music! Beat the drum! Play the sweet lyre and the lute!
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Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.
3 Sound the shofar at Rosh-Hodesh and at full moon for the pilgrim feast,
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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 because this is a law for Isra'el, a ruling of the God of Ya'akov.
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this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance 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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When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say:
6 "I lifted the load from his shoulder; his hands were freed from the [laborer's] basket.
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“I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
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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In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
8 "'Hear, my people, while I give you warning! Isra'el, if you would only listen to me!
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Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel!
9 There is not to be with you any foreign god; you are not to worship an alien god.
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You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not worship any god other than me.
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 your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth 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 listen to me; Israel would not submit to 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 over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
13 How I wish my people would listen to me, that Isra'el would live by my ways!
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“If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways,
14 I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.
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how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!
15 Those who hate ADONAI would cringe before him, while [Isra'el's] time would last forever.
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Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
16 They would be fed with the finest wheat, and I would satisfy you with honey from the rocks."
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But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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