Study Desk

^(C1)Sing for joy to God our ^(C2)strength; Shout ^(C3)joyfully to the ^(C4)God of Jacob.

Raise a song, strike ^(C1)the tambourine, The sweet sounding ^(C2)lyre with the ^(C3)harp.

Blow the trumpet at the ^(C1)new moon, At the full moon, on our ^(C2)feast day.

For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

He established it as a testimony in Joseph When he ^(F1)(C1)went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a ^(C2)language I did not know:

"I ^(F1)(C1)relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the ^(F2)basket.

-"You ^(C1)called in trouble and I rescued you; I ^(C2)answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I put you to the test at the ^(C3)waters of Meribah. Selah

-"^(C1)Hear, My people, and I will admonish you; Israel, if you ^(C2)would listen to Me!

-"There shall be no ^(C1)strange god among you; Nor shall you worship a foreign god.

-"^(C1)I, the LORD, am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; ^(C2)Open your mouth wide and I will ^(C3)fill it.

"But My people ^(C1)did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not ^(F1)obey Me.

-"So I ^(C1)gave ^(F1)them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk by their own plans.

-"Oh that My people ^(C1)would listen to Me, That Israel would ^(C2)walk in My ways!

-"I would quickly ^(C1)subdue their enemies And ^(C2)turn My hand against their adversaries.

-"^(C1)Those who hate the LORD would ^(C2)pretend to obey Him, And their time of punishment would be forever.

-"^(F1)But I would feed you with the ^(F2)(C1)finest of the wheat, And with ^(C2)honey from the rock I would satisfy you."