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| 1 [[To the Chief Musician. On "the Gittith." Asaph's.]] Shout ye for joy, unto God our strength, Sound the note of triumph, to the God of Jacob; |
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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| 2 Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp: |
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| 3 Blow, at the new moon, the horn, At the full moon, for the day of our sacred festival: |
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| 4 For, a statute to Israel, it is, A regulation, by the God of Jacob; |
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| 5 A testimony in Joseph, he appointed it, When he went forth over the land of Egypt: A language I liked not, used I to hear; |
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| 6 I took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free. |
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| 7 In distress, thou didst cry, and I delivered thee,–I answered thee, within a hiding-place of thunder, I proved thee by the waters of Meribah. [Selah.] |
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| 8 Hear, O my people, and I will adjure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me! |
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| 9 There shall not be, within thee, a foreign GOD,–Neither shalt thou bow down to a strange GOD: |
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| 10 I, Yahweh, am thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt,–Open wide thy mouth, that I may fill it. |
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| 11 But my people, hearkened not, unto my voice, Even, Israel, inclined not unto me. |
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| 12 So then I let them go on in the stubbornness of their own heart, They might walk in their own counsels! |
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| 13 If, my people, were hearkening unto me, [If,] Israel, in my ways, would walk,
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| 14 Right soon, their foes, would I subdue, And, against their adversaries, would I turn my hand: |
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| 15 The haters of Yahweh, should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age-abiding! |
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| 16 Then would he feed them from the marrow of the wheat, Yea, out of the rock–with honey, would I satisfy thee. |
Finest of the wheat – It is necessary that the New Creature be fed upon it. R5735:6
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