Common English Bible CEB
The Message Bible MSG
1 Come, let's sing out loud to the LORD! Let's raise a joyful shout to the rock of our salvation!
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Come, let's shout praises to God, raise the roof for the Rock who saved us!
2 Let's come before him with thanks! Let's shout songs of joy to him!
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Let's march into his presence singing praises, lifting the rafters with our hymns!
3 The LORD is a great God, the great king over all other gods.
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And why? Because God is the best, High King over all the gods.
4 The earth's depths are in his hands; the mountain heights belong to him;
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In one hand he holds deep caves and caverns, in the other hand grasps the high mountains.
5 the sea, which he made, is his along with the dry ground, which his own hands formed.
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He made Ocean - he owns it! His hands sculpted Earth!
6 Come, let's worship and bow down! Let's kneel before the LORD, our maker!
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So come, let us worship: bow before him, on your knees before God, who made us!
7 He is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, the sheep in his hands. If only you would listen to his voice right now!
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Oh yes, he's our God, and we're the people he pastures, the flock he feeds. Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks:
8 "Don't harden your hearts like you did at Meribah, like you did when you were at Massah, in the wilderness,
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"Don't turn a deaf ear as in the Bitter Uprising, As on the day of the Wilderness Test,
9 when your ancestors tested me and scrutinized me, even though they had already seen my acts.
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when your ancestors turned and put me to the test.
10 For forty years I despised that generation; I said, ‘These people have twisted hearts. They don't know my ways.'
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For forty years they watched me at work among them, as over and over they tried my patience. And I was provoked - oh, was I provoked! 'Can't they keep their minds on God for five minutes? Do they simply refuse to walk down my road?'
11 So in anger I swore: ‘They will never enter my place of rest!'"
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Exasperated, I exploded, 'They'll never get where they're headed, never be able to sit down and rest.'"
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