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1 For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. (81:2)
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2 Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.
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3 Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day.
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4 For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
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5 He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when He went forth against the land of Egypt. The speech of one that I knew not did I hear:
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6 'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.
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7 Thou didst call in trouble, and I rescued 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 admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!
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9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
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10 I am the LORD 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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11 But My people hearkened not to My voice; and Israel would none of Me.
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12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.
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13 Oh that My people would hearken unto Me, that Israel would walk in My ways!
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14 I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their adversaries.
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15 The haters of the LORD should dwindle away before Him; and their punishment should endure for ever.
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16 They should also be fed with the fat of wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.'
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