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1 For the director of music. According to \cf15\I gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
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2 Begin the music, strike the tambourine, play the melodious harp and lyre.
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3 Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast;
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4 this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5 He established it as a statute for Joseph when he went out against Egypt, where we heard a language we did not understand.
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6 He says, "I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
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7 In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. \cf15\I Selah
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8 "Hear, O my people, and I will warn you-- if you would but listen to me, O Israel!
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9 You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god. 10 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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11 "But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.
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12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. 13 "If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways,
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14 how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!
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15 Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
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16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
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