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Sing for joy to God our strength;
Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.
Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.
Sing! Beat the tambourine.
Play the sweet lyre and the harp.
Play the sweet lyre and the harp.
Raise a song, strike the timbrel,
The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
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!
Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
At the full moon, on our feast day.
At the full moon, on our feast day.
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.
For it is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
He established it for a testimony in Joseph
When he went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard a language that I did not know:
When he went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard a language that I did not know:
“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.
“I relieved his shoulder of the burden,
His hands were freed from the basket.
His hands were freed from the basket.
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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“You called in trouble and I rescued you;
I answered you in the hiding place of thunder;
I proved you at the waters of Meribah.
I answered you in the hiding place of thunder;
I proved you at the waters of Meribah.
Selah.
“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you;
O Israel, if you would listen to Me!
O Israel, if you would listen to Me!
“Let there be no strange god among you;
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
“I, the LORD, am your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
“But My people did not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not obey Me.
And Israel did not obey Me.
“So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk in their own devices.
To walk in their own devices.
“Oh that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!
That Israel would walk in My ways!
“I would quickly subdue their enemies
And turn My hand against their adversaries.
And turn My hand against their adversaries.
“Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.
And their time of punishment would be forever.
“But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat,
And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
“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!
“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you;
O Israel, if you would listen to Me!
O Israel, if you would listen to 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.
“Let there be no strange god among you;
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
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.
“I, the LORD, am your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
“But no, my people wouldn’t listen.
Israel did not want me around.
Israel did not want me around.
“But My people did not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not obey Me.
And Israel did not obey Me.
So I let them follow their own stubborn desires,
living according to their own ideas.
living according to their own ideas.
“So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk in their own devices.
To walk in their own devices.
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!
“Oh that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!
That Israel would walk in My ways!
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!
“I would quickly subdue their enemies
And turn My hand against their adversaries.
And turn My hand against their adversaries.
Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him;
they would be doomed forever.
they would be doomed forever.
“Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.
And their time of punishment would be forever.