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1 Sing praises to God, our strength. Sing to the God of Jacob.
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Rejoice out loud to God, our strength! Shout for joy to Jacob's God!
2 Sing! Beat the tambourine. Play the sweet lyre and the harp.
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Take up a song and strike the drum! Sweet lyre along with harp!
3 Blow the ram’s horn at new moon, and again at full moon to call a festival!
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Blow the horn on the new moon, at the full moon, for our day of celebration!
4 For this is required by the decrees of Israel; it is a regulation of the God of Jacob.
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Because this is the law for Israel; this is a rule of Jacob's God.
5 He made it a law for Israel when he attacked Egypt to set us free. I heard an unknown voice say,
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He made it a decree for Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, when I heard a language I did not yet know:
6 “Now I will take the load from your shoulders; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.
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“I lifted the burden off your shoulders; your hands are free of the brick basket!
7 You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered out of the thundercloud and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah. Interlude
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In distress you cried out, so I rescued you. I answered you in the secret of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8 “Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings. O Israel, if you would only listen to me!
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Listen, my people, I'm warning you! If only you would listen to me, Israel.
9 You must never have a foreign god; you must not bow down before a false god.
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There must be no foreign god among you. You must not bow down to any strange deity.
10 For it was I, the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.
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I am the LORD your God, who brought you up from Egypt's land. Open your mouth wide—I will fill it up!
11 “But no, my people wouldn’t listen. Israel did not want me around.
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But my people wouldn't listen to my voice. Israel simply wasn't agreeable toward me.
12 So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas.
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So I sent them off to follow their willful hearts; they followed their own advice.
13 Oh, that my people would listen to me! Oh, that Israel would follow me, walking in my paths!
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How I wish my people would listen to me! How I wish Israel would walk in my ways!
14 How quickly I would then subdue their enemies! How soon my hands would be upon their foes!
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Then I would subdue their enemies in a second; I would turn my hand against their foes.
15 Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him; they would be doomed forever.
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Those who hate the LORD would grovel before me, and their doom would last forever!
16 But I would feed you with the finest wheat. I would satisfy you with wild honey from the rock.”
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But I would feed you with the finest wheat. I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”
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