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| 1 To the Overseer. 'On the Gittith.' By Asaph. |
A joyful noise – All who have heart sentiments of thankfulness and gratitude should be encouraged to make "a joyful noise unto the Lord" without trained choirs being necessary. R2511:4
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| Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob. |
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| 2 Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery. |
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| 3 Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival, |
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| 4 For a statute to Israel it [is], An ordinance of the God of Jacob. |
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| 5 A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known I hear. |
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| 6 From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over. |
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| 7 In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah. |
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| 8 Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me: |
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| 9 There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god. |
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| 10 I [am] Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it. |
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| 11 But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me. |
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| 12 And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels. |
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| 13 O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk. |
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| 14 As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand, |
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| 15 Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is to the age. |
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| 16 He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And [with] honey from a rock I satisfy thee! |
Finest of the wheat – It is necessary that the New Creature be fed upon it. R5735:6
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