New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
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O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
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Let us come before his face with praises; and make melody with holy songs.
3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
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For the Lord is a great God, and a great King over all gods.
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also.
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The deep places of the earth are in his hand; and the tops of the mountains are his.
5 The sea is his, for he made it, and the dry land, which his hands have formed.
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The sea is his, and he made it; and the dry land was formed by his hands.
6 O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
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O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker.
7 For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. O that today you would listen to his voice!
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For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice!
8 Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
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Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;
9 when your ancestors tested me, and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
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When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.
10 For forty years I loathed that generation and said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they do not regard my ways."
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For forty years I was angry with this generation, and said, They are a people whose hearts are turned away from me, for they have no knowledge of my ways;
11 Therefore in my anger I swore, "They shall not enter my rest."
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And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.
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