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1 Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud 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 Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.
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Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, The pleasant lyre with the harp.
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 New Moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.
4 this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
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For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance 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 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 removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
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"I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
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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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 Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel!
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"Hear, my people, and I will testify to you. Israel, if you would 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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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 up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
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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 submit to me.
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But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of 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 after the stubbornness of their hearts, That they might walk in their own counsels.
13 “If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways,
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Oh that my people would listen to me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
14 how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!
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I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
15 Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and 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 you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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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."
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