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Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
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A song to our strong God! a shout to the God of Jacob!
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Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
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Sing aloud to God our strength; Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.
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Sing praises to God, our strength. Sing to the God of Israel.
Ps.81.2
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
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Anthems from the choir, music from the band, sweet sounds from lute and harp,
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Begin the music, strike the tambourine, play the melodious harp and lyre.
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Raise a song and strike the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the lute.
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Sing! Beat the tambourine. Play the sweet lyre and the harp.
Ps.81.3
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
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Trumpets and trombones and horns: it's festival day, a feast to God!
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Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast;
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Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.
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Sound the trumpet for a sacred feast when the moon is new, when the moon is full.
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For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
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A day decreed by God, solemnly ordered by the God of Jacob.
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this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
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For this is a statute for Israel, A law of the God of Jacob.
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For this is required by the laws of Israel; it is a law of the God of Jacob.
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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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He commanded Joseph to keep this day so we'd never forget what he did in Egypt. I hear this most gentle whisper from One I never guessed would speak to me:
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He established it as a statute for Joseph when he went out against Egypt, where we heard a language we did not understand.
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This He established in Joseph as a testimony, When He went throughout the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language I did not understand.
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He made it a decree for Israel when he attacked Egypt to set us free. I heard an unknown voice that said,
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I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
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"I took the world off your shoulders, freed you from a life of hard labor.
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He says, "I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket.
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"I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the baskets.
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"Now I will relieve your shoulder of its burden; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.
Ps.81.7
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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You called to me in your pain; I got you out of a bad place. I answered you from where the thunder hides, I proved you at Meribah Fountain.
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In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
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You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah
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You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered out of the thundercloud. I tested your faith at Meribah, when you complained that there was no water.
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Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
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"Listen, dear ones--get this straight; O Israel, don't take this lightly.
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"Hear, O my people, and I will warn you- if you would but listen to me, O Israel!
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"Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you! O Israel, if you will listen to Me!
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"Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings. O Israel, if you would only listen!
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There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
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Don't take up with strange gods, don't worship the latest in gods.
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You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god.
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There shall be no foreign god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
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You must never have a foreign god; you must not bow down before a false god.
Ps.81.10
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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I'm GOD, your God, the very God who rescued you from doom in Egypt, Then fed you all you could eat, filled your hungry stomachs.
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I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
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I am the LORD your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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For it was I, the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.
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But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
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"But my people didn't listen, Israel paid no attention;
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"But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.
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"But My people would not heed My voice, And Israel would have none of Me.
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"But no, my people wouldn't listen. Israel did not want me around.
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So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
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So I let go of the reins and told them, "Run! Do it your own way!'
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So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
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So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, To walk in their own counsels.
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So I let them follow their blind and stubborn way, living according to their own desires.
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Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
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"Oh, dear people, will you listen to me now? Israel, will you follow my map?
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"If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways,
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"Oh, that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!
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But oh, that my people would listen to me! Oh, that Israel would follow me, walking in my paths!
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I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
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I'll make short work of your enemies, give your foes the back of my hand.
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how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!
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I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn My hand against their adversaries.
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How quickly I would then subdue their enemies! How soon my hands would be upon their foes!
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The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
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I'll send the GOD-haters cringing like dogs, never to be heard from again.
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Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
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The haters of the LORD would pretend submission to Him, But their fate would endure forever.
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Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him; their desolation would last forever.
Ps.81.16
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
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You'll feast on my fresh-baked bread spread with butter and rock-pure honey." An Asaph psalm
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But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
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He would have fed them also with the finest of wheat; And with honey from the rock I would have satisfied you."
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But I would feed you with the best of foods. I would satisfy you with wild honey from the rock."
