| Chapter 81 |
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For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. --
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Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery. --
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Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day. --
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For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. --
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He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, [Where] I heard a language that I knew not. --
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I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket. --
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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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Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me! --
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There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god. --
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I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. --
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But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me. --
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So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels. --
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Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways! --
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I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries. --
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The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever. --
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He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee. --
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