The Message Bible MSG
World English Bible WEB
1 A song to our strong God! a shout 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 Anthems from the choir, music from the band, sweet sounds from lute and harp,
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Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, The pleasant lyre with the harp.
3 Trumpets and trombones and horns: it's festival day, a feast to God!
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Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.
4 A day decreed by God, solemnly ordered by the God of Jacob.
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For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He commanded Joseph to keep this day so we'd never forget what he did in Egypt. I hear this most gentle whisper from One I never guessed would speak to me:
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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 world off your shoulders, freed you from a life of hard labor.
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"I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
7 You called to me in your pain; I got you out of a bad place. I answered you from where the thunder hides, I proved you at Meribah Fountain.
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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, dear ones - get this straight; O Israel, don't take this lightly.
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"Hear, my people, and I will testify to you. Israel, if you would listen to me!
9 Don't take up with strange gods, don't worship the latest in gods.
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There shall be no strange god in you, Neither shall you worship any foreign god.
10 I'm God, your God, the very God who rescued you from doom in Egypt, Then fed you all you could eat, filled your hungry stomachs.
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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 didn't listen, Israel paid no attention;
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But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.
12 So I let go of the reins and told them, 'Run! Do it your own way!'
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So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, That they might walk in their own counsels.
13 "Oh, dear people, will you listen to me now? Israel, will you follow my map?
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Oh that my people would listen to me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
14 I'll make short work of your enemies, give your foes the back of my hand.
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I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
15 I'll send the God-haters cringing like dogs, never to be heard from again.
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The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, And their punishment would last forever.
16 You'll feast on my fresh-baked bread spread with butter and rock-pure 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."