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Shout joyfullly to God our strength;
shout out for joy to the God of Jacob.
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Sing a song and play the tambourine,
the pleasant harp with the lute.
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Blow the ram's horn on the day of the new moon,
on the day of the full moon, when our feast day begins.
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For it is a statute for Israel,
a decree given by the God of Jacob.
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He issued it as a regulation in Joseph
when he went against the land of Egypt,
where I heard a voice that I did not recognize:
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"I removed the burden from his shoulder;
his hands were freed from holding the basket.
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In your distress you called out, and I helped you;
I answered you from a dark thundercloud.
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
Selah
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Listen, my people, for I will warn you,
Israel, if you would only listen to me!
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There must be no foreign god among you;
you must not worship any foreign god.
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I am Yahweh your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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But my people did not listen to my words;
Israel did not obey me.
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So I gave them over to their own stubborn way
so that they might follow their own devices.
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Oh, that my people would listen to me;
oh, that my people would walk in my paths.
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Then I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their oppressors.
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May those who hate Yahweh cringe in fear before him!
May they be humiliated forever.
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I would feed Israel with the finest wheat;
I would satisfy you with honey out of the rock."