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To the chief Musician upon Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
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Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
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Blow the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
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For this [was] a statute for Israel, [and] a law of the God of Jacob.
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This he ordained in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: [where] I heard a language [that] I understood not.
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I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
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Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
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Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee; O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me;