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For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. |
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Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre. |
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Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast. |
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For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. |
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He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language: |
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“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket. |
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You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah |
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Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me! |
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There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god. |
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I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it. |
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But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me. |
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So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. |
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If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways, |
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how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes! |
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Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever. |
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But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” |
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