GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
1 Come, let's sing joyfully to the LORD. Let's shout happily to the rock of our salvation.
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Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let's come into his presence with a song of thanksgiving. Let's shout happily to him with psalms.
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Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
3 The LORD is a great God and a great king above all gods.
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For the Lord is the great God, And the great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth, and the mountain peaks are his.
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In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the hills are His also.
5 The sea is his. He made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
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The sea is His, for He made it; And His hands formed the dry land.
6 Come, let's worship and bow down. Let's kneel in front of the LORD, our maker,
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Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
7 because he is our God and we are the people in his care, the flock that he leads. If only you would listen to him today!
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For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice:
8 "Do not be stubborn like [my people were] at Meribah, like the time at Massah in the desert.
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"Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,
9 Your ancestors challenged me and tested me there, although they had seen what I had done.
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When your fathers tested Me; They tried Me, though they saw My work.
10 For 40 years I was disgusted with those people. So I said, 'They are a people whose hearts continue to stray. They have not learned my ways.'
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For forty years I was grieved with that generation, And said, 'It is a people who go astray in their hearts, And they do not know My ways.'
11 That is why I angrily took this solemn oath: 'They will never enter my place of rest!'"
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So I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest.' "