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1. To the director: On the gittith. One of Asaph's songs. Be happy and sing to God, our strength. Shout with joy to the God of Jacob.
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1. To the chief Musician H5329 upon H5921 Gittith H1665 , A Psalm of Asaph H623 . Sing aloud H7442 unto God H430 our strength H5797 : make a joyful noise H7321 unto the God H430 of Jacob H3290 .
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2. Begin the music. Play the tambourines. Play the pleasant harps and lyres.
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2. Take H5375 a psalm H2172 , and bring H5414 hither the timbrel H8596 , the pleasant H5273 harp H3658 with H5973 the psaltery H5035 .
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3. Blow the ram's horn at the time of the new moon and at the time of the full moon, when our festival begins.
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3. Blow up H8628 the trumpet H7782 in the new moon H2320 , in the time appointed H3677 , on our solemn feast H2282 day H3117 .
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4. This is the law for the people of Israel. The God of Jacob gave the command.
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4. For H3588 this H1931 was a statute H2706 for Israel H3478 , and a law H4941 of the God H430 of Jacob H3290 .
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5. God made this agreement with Joseph's people, when he led them out of Egypt. In a language we didn't understand, God said,
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5. This he ordained H7760 in Joseph H3084 for a testimony H5715 , when he went out H3318 through H5921 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 : where I heard H8085 a language H8193 that I understood H3045 not H3808 .
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6. "I took the load from your shoulder. I let you drop the worker's basket.
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6. I removed H5493 his shoulder H7926 from the burden H4480 H5447 : his hands H3709 were delivered H5674 from the pots H4480 H1731 .
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7. When you were in trouble, you called for help, and I set you free. I was hidden in the storm clouds, and I answered you. I tested you by the water at Meribah. " Selah
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7. Thou calledst H7121 in trouble H6869 , and I delivered H2502 thee ; I answered H6030 thee in the secret place H5643 of thunder H7482 : I proved H974 thee at H5921 the waters H4325 of Meribah H4809 . Selah H5542 .
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8. "My people, I am warning you. Israel, listen to me!
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8. Hear H8085 , O my people H5971 , and I will testify H5749 unto thee : O Israel H3478 , if H518 thou wilt hearken H8085 unto me;
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9. Don't worship any of the false gods that the foreigners worship.
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9. There shall no H3808 strange H2114 god H410 be H1961 in thee; neither H3808 shalt thou worship H7812 any strange H5236 god H410 .
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10. I, the Lord, am your God. I brought you out of Egypt. Israel, open your mouth, and I will feed you.
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10. I H595 am the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , which brought H5927 thee out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 : open thy mouth H6310 wide H7337 , and I will fill H4390 it.
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11. "But my people did not listen to me. Israel did not obey me.
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11. But my people H5971 would not H3808 hearken H8085 to my voice H6963 ; and Israel H3478 would H14 none H3808 of me.
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12. So I let them go their own stubborn way and do whatever they wanted.
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12. So I gave them up H7971 unto their own hearts H3820 ' lust H8307 : and they walked H1980 in their own counsels H4156 .
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13. If my people would listen to me and live the way I want,
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13. Oh that H3863 my people H5971 had hearkened H8085 unto me, and Israel H3478 had walked H1980 in my ways H1870 !
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14. then I would defeat their enemies. I would punish those who cause them trouble.
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14. I should soon H4592 have subdued H3665 their enemies H341 , and turned H7725 my hand H3027 against H5921 their adversaries H6862 .
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15. Those who hate the Lord would shake with fear. They would be punished forever.
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15. The haters H8130 of the LORD H3068 should have submitted H3584 themselves unto him : but their time H6256 should have endured H1961 forever H5769 .
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16. I would give the best wheat to my people. I would give them the purest honey, until they were satisfied."
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16. He should have fed H398 them also with the finest H4480 H2459 of the wheat H2406 : and with honey H1706 out of the rock H4480 H6697 should I have satisfied H7646 thee.
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