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36 lines
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# Chapter 81
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1 Sing praises to God, our strength.
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Sing to the God of Jacob.
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2 Sing! Beat the tambourine.
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Play the sweet lyre and the harp.
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3 Blow the ram’s horn at new moon,
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and again at full moon to call a festival!
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4 For this is required by the decrees of Israel;
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it is a regulation of the God of Jacob.
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5 He made it a law for Israel
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when he attacked Egypt to set us free.
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I heard an unknown voice say,
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6 “Now I will take the load from your shoulders;
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I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.
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7 You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you;
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I answered out of the thundercloud
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and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah. Interlude
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8 “Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings.
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O Israel, if you would only listen to me!
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9 You must never have a foreign god;
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you must not bow down before a false god.
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10 For it was I, the Lord your God,
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who rescued you from the land of Egypt.
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Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.
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11 “But no, my people wouldn’t listen.
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Israel did not want me around.
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12 So I let them follow their own stubborn desires,
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living according to their own ideas.
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13 Oh, that my people would listen to me!
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Oh, that Israel would follow me, walking in my paths!
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14 How quickly I would then subdue their enemies!
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How soon my hands would be upon their foes!
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15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him;
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they would be doomed forever.
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16 But I would feed you with the finest wheat.
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I would satisfy you with wild honey from the rock.” |