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To the chief Musician[H5329] upon 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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Take[H5375] a psalm[H2172], and bring[H5414] hither the timbrel[H8596], the pleasant[H5273] harp[H3658] with the psaltery[H5035].
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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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For this was a statute[H2706] for Israel[H3478], and a law[H4941] of the God[H430] of Jacob[H3290].
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This he ordained[H7760] in Joseph[H3084] for a testimony[H5715], when he went out[H3318] through the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]: where I heard[H8085] a language[H8193] that I understood[H3045] not.
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I removed[H5493] his shoulder[H7926] from the burden[H5447]: his hands[H3709] were delivered[H5674] from the pots[H1731].
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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 the waters[H4325] of Meribah[H4809]. Selah[H5542].
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Hear[H8085], O my people[H5971], and I will testify[H5749] unto thee: O Israel[H3478], if thou wilt hearken[H8085] unto me;
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There shall no strange[H2114] god[H410] be in thee; neither shalt thou worship[H7812] any strange[H5236] god[H410].
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I am the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], which brought[H5927] thee out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]: open thy mouth[H6310] wide[H7337], and I will fill[H4390] it.
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But my people[H5971] would[H14] not hearken[H8085] to my voice[H6963]; and Israel[H3478] would[H14] none of me.
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So I gave them up[H7971] unto their own hearts[H3820]' lust[H8307]: and they walked[H3212] in their own counsels[H4156].
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Oh[H3863] that my people[H5971] had hearkened[H8085] unto me, and Israel[H3478] had walked[H1980] in my ways[H1870]!
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I should soon[H4592] have subdued[H3665] their enemies[H341], and turned[H7725] my hand[H3027] against their adversaries[H6862].
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The haters[H8130] of the LORD[H3068] should have submitted[H3584] themselves unto him: but their time[H6256] should have endured for ever[H5769].
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He should have fed[H398] them also with the finest[H2459] of the wheat[H2406]: and with honey[H1706] out of the rock[H6697] should I have satisfied[H7646] thee.