Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
1 Shout for joy to God our defender; sing praise to the God of Jacob!
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Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
2 Start the music and beat the tambourines; play pleasant music on the harps and the lyres.
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Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.
3 Blow the trumpet for the festival, when the moon is new and when the moon is full.
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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 This is the law in Israel, an order from the God of Jacob.
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this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He gave it to the people of Israel when he attacked the land of Egypt. I hear an unknown voice saying,
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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 took the burdens off your backs; I let you put down your loads of bricks.
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“I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
7 When you were in trouble, you called to me, and I saved you. From my hiding place in the storm, I answered you. I put you to the test at the springs of Meribah.
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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 Listen, my people, to my warning; Israel, how I wish you would 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 You must never worship another 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 the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt. Open your mouth, and I will feed you.
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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 would not listen to me; Israel would not obey me.
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“But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.
12 So I let them go their stubborn ways and do whatever they wanted.
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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; how I wish they would obey me!
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“If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways,
14 I would quickly defeat their enemies and conquer all their foes.
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how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!
15 Those who hate me would bow in fear before me; their punishment would last forever.
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Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
16 But I would feed you with the finest wheat and satisfy you with wild honey."
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But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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