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Begin the music, strike the timbrel,
play the melodious harp and lyre.
play the melodious harp and lyre.
Sing! Beat the tambourine.
Play the sweet lyre and the harp.
Play the sweet lyre and the harp.
Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon,
and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;
and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;
Blow the ram’s horn at new moon,
and again at full moon to call a festival!
and again at full moon to call a festival!
this is a decree for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
For this is required by the decrees of Israel;
it is a regulation of the God of Jacob.
it is a regulation of the God of Jacob.
When God went out against Egypt,
he established it as a statute for Joseph.
I heard an unknown voice say:
he established it as a statute for Joseph.
I heard an unknown voice say:
“I removed the burden from their shoulders;
their hands were set free from the basket.
their hands were set free from the basket.
“Now I will take the load from your shoulders;
I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.
I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.
You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you;
I answered out of the thundercloud
and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah.
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I answered out of the thundercloud
and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah.
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Hear me, my people, and I will warn you —
if you would only listen to me, Israel!
if you would only listen to me, Israel!
“Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings.
O Israel, if you would only listen to me!
O Israel, if you would only listen to me!
You shall have no foreign god among you;
you shall not worship any god other than me.
you shall not worship any god other than me.
You must never have a foreign god;
you must not bow down before a false god.
you must not bow down before a false god.
I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up out of Egypt.
Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
who brought you up out of Egypt.
Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
For it was I, the LORD your God,
who rescued you from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.
who rescued you from the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.
“But my people would not listen to me;
Israel would not submit to me.
Israel would not submit to me.
“But no, my people wouldn’t listen.
Israel did not want me around.
Israel did not want me around.
So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own devices.
to follow their own devices.
So I let them follow their own stubborn desires,
living according to their own ideas.
living according to their own ideas.
“If my people would only listen to me,
if Israel would only follow my ways,
if Israel would only follow my ways,
Oh, that my people would listen to me!
Oh, that Israel would follow me, walking in my paths!
Oh, that Israel would follow me, walking in my paths!
how quickly I would subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes!
and turn my hand against their foes!
How quickly I would then subdue their enemies!
How soon my hands would be upon their foes!
How soon my hands would be upon their foes!
Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him,
and their punishment would last forever.
and their punishment would last forever.
Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him;
they would be doomed forever.
they would be doomed forever.