| New Living Translation | International Standard Version |
| 1Sing praises to God, our strength. Sing to the God of Jacob. | 1Sing joyfully to God, our strength. Raise a shout to the God of Jacob. |
| 2Sing! Beat the tambourine. Play the sweet lyre and the harp. | 2Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant-sounding lyre along with the harp. |
| 3Blow the ram’s horn at new moon, and again at full moon to call a festival! | 3Blow the ram's horn when there is a New Moon, when there is a full moon, on our festival day, |
| 4For this is required by the decrees of Israel; it is a regulation of the God of Jacob. | 4because it is a statute in Israel, an ordinance by the God of Jacob, |
| 5He made it a law for Israel when he attacked Egypt to set us free. I heard an unknown voice say, | 5a decree that he prescribed for Joseph when he went throughout the land of Egypt, speaking a language I did not recognize. |
| 6“Now I will take the load from your shoulders; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks. | 6I removed the burden from your shoulder; your hands were freed of the burdensome basket. |
| 7You 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. Interlude | 7In a time of need you called out and I delivered you; I answered you from the dark thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Interlude |
| 8“Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings. O Israel, if you would only listen to me! | 8Listen, My people and I will warn you. Israel, if only you would obey me! |
| 9You must never have a foreign god; you must not bow down before a false god. | 9You must neither have a foreign god over you or worship a strange god. |
| 10For 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. | 10I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, open your mouth that I may fill it. |
| 11“But no, my people wouldn’t listen. Israel did not want me around. | 11Yet my people didn't obey my voice; Israel didn't submit to me. |
| 12So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas. | 12So I allowed them to continue in their stubbornness, living by their own advice. |
| 13Oh, that my people would listen to me! Oh, that Israel would follow me, walking in my paths! | 13If only my people would obey me, if only Israel would walk in my ways! |
| 14How quickly I would then subdue their enemies! How soon my hands would be upon their foes! | 14Then I would quickly subdue their enemies. I would turn against their foes. |
| 15Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him; they would be doomed forever. | 15Those who hate the LORD will cringe before him; their punishment will be permanent. |
| 16But I would feed you with the finest wheat. I would satisfy you with wild honey from the rock.” | 16But I will feed Israel with the finest wheat, satisfying you with honey from the rock. |
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