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1 Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob.
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Rejoice out loud to God, our strength! Shout for joy to Jacob's God!
2 Raise a song, sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp.
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Take up a song and strike the drum! Sweet lyre along with harp!
3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our festal day.
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Blow the horn on the new moon, at the full moon, for our day of celebration!
4 For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance 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 decree in Joseph, when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a voice I had not known:
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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 "I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket.
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“I lifted the burden off your shoulders; your hands are free of the brick basket!
7 In distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
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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 Hear, O my people, while I admonish you; O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
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Listen, my people, I'm warning you! If only you would listen to me, Israel.
9 There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god.
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There must be no foreign god among you. You must not bow down to any strange deity.
10 I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
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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 my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.
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But my people wouldn't listen to my voice. Israel simply wasn't agreeable toward me.
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.
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So I sent them off to follow their willful hearts; they followed their own advice.
13 O that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
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How I wish my people would listen to me! How I wish Israel would walk in my ways!
14 Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against 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, and their doom would last forever.
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Those who hate the LORD would grovel before me, and their doom would last forever!
16 I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
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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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