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1Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob! | 1Sing for joy to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob. |
2Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp. | 2Lift up a song--play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp. |
3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. | 3Blow the horn on the day of our feasts during the new moon and during the full moon. |
4For it is a statute for Israel, a rule of the God of Jacob. | 4For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. |
5He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a language I had not known: | 5He set it up as a decree for Joseph when he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard an unfamiliar language: |
6“I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket. | 6"I relieved his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from carrying the basket. |
7In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah | 7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the Waters of Meribah. Selah |
8Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me! | 8Listen, my people, and I will admonish you. Israel, if you would only listen to me! |
9There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god. | 9There must not be a strange god among you; you must not bow down to a foreign god. |
10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. | 10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. |
11“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. | 11"But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel did not obey me. |
12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels. | 12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own plans. |
13Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! | 13If only my people would listen to me and Israel would follow my ways, |
14I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes. | 14I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes." |
15Those who hate the LORD would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever. | 15Those who hate the LORD would cower to him; their doom would last forever. |
16But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” | 16But he would feed Israel with the best wheat. "I would satisfy you with honey from the rock." |
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