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| 1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto 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 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. |
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| 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. |
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| 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
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| 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. |
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| 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. |
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| 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. |
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| 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; |
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| 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. |
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| 10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. |
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| 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. |
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| 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. |
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| 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! |
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| 14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. |
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| 15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. |
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| 16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. |
Finest of the wheat – It is necessary that the New Creature be fed upon it. R5735:6
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