Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 <<To the chief musician: Upon Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.>> Sing aloud unto God our strength; make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
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Sing joyfully to God, our strength. Shout happily to the God of Jacob.
2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
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Begin a psalm, and strike a tambourine. Play lyres and harps with their pleasant music.
3 Blow the trumpet in the new moon, at the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
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Blow the ram's horn on the day of the new moon, on the day of the full moon, on our festival days.
4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
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This is a law for Israel, a legal decision from the God of Jacob.
5 This He ordained in Joseph as a testimony, when He went out through the land of Egypt, where I heard a language that I understood not:
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These are the instructions God set in place for Joseph when Joseph rose to power over Egypt. I heard a message I did not understand:
6 "I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were delivered from the pots.
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"I removed the burden from his shoulder. His hands were freed from the basket.
7 Thou called in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder. I tested thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah
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When you were in trouble, you called out [to me], and I rescued you. I was hidden in thunder, but I answered you. I tested your [loyalty] at the oasis of Meribah. Selah
8 Hear, O My people, and I will testify unto thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto Me!
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Listen, my people, and I will warn you. Israel, if you would only listen to me!
9 There shall be no strange god among thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
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Never keep any strange god among you. Never worship a foreign god.
10 I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt. Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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I am the LORD your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 "But My people would not hearken to My voice, and Israel would have none of Me.
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"But my people did not listen to me. Israel wanted nothing to do with me.
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust, and they walked in their own counsels.
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So I let them go their own stubborn ways and follow their own advice.
13 Oh that My people had hearkened unto Me, and Israel had walked in My ways!
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If only my people would listen to me! If only Israel would follow me!
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned My hand against their adversaries."
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I would quickly defeat their enemies. I would turn my power against their foes.
15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto Him, but their time should have endured for ever.
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Those who hate the LORD would cringe in front of him, and their time [for punishment] would last forever.
16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat, and, "With honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee."
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But I would feed Israel with the finest wheat and satisfy them with honey from a rock."
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.
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