91 lines
1.6 KiB
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91 lines
1.6 KiB
Markdown
Psalm 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."
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