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For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
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Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
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Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.
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For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
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He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, [Where] I heard a language that I knew not.
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I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.
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Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. [Selah
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Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
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There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
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I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.
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So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.
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Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
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I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
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The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.
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He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.
ASV: American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.