Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 Shout for joy to God our defender; sing praise to the God of Jacob!
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Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful noise 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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Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, The pleasant lyre with the harp.
3 Blow the trumpet for the festival, when the moon is new and when the moon is full.
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Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.
4 This is the law in Israel, an order from the God of Jacob.
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For it is a statute 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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He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn't know.
6 "I took the burdens off your backs; I let you put down your loads of bricks.
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"I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed 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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You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah." Selah.
8 Listen, my people, to my warning; Israel, how I wish you would listen to me!
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"Hear, my people, and I will testify to you. Israel, if you would listen to me!
9 You must never worship another god.
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There shall be no strange god in you, Neither shall you worship any foreign god.
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 Yahweh, your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, 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 didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.
12 So I let them go their stubborn ways and do whatever they wanted.
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So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, That they might walk in their own counsels.
13 How I wish my people would listen to me; how I wish they would obey me!
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Oh that my people would listen to me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
14 I would quickly defeat their enemies and conquer all their foes.
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I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
15 Those who hate me would bow in fear before me; their punishment would last forever.
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The haters of Yahweh 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 he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock."
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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