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1 Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
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Sing for joy to God, our strength; shout out loud to the God of Jacob.
2 Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.
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Begin the music. Play the tambourines. Play pleasant music on the harps and lyres.
3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;
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Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, when the moon is full, when our feast begins.
4 this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
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This is the law for Israel; it is the command of the God of Jacob.
5 When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say:
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He gave this rule to the people of Joseph when they went out of the land of Egypt. I heard a language I did not know, saying:
6 “I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
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"I took the load off their shoulders; I let them put down their baskets.
7 In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
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When you were in trouble, you called, and I saved you. I answered you with thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah
8 Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel!
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My people, listen. I am warning you. Israel, please listen to me!
9 You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not worship any god other than me.
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You must not have foreign gods; you must not worship any false god.
10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
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I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you out of Egypt. Open your mouth and I will feed you.
11 “But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.
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"But my people did not listen to me; Israel did not want me.
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
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So I let them go their stubborn way and follow their own advice.
13 “If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways,
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I wish my people would listen to me; I wish Israel would live my way.
14 how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!
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Then I would quickly defeat their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.
15 Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
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Those who hate the Lord would bow before him. Their punishment would continue forever.
16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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But I would give you the finest wheat and fill you with honey from the rocks." A psalm of Asaph.