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God's Goodness and Israel's Waywardness.

^1 (C1)Sing aloud to God our ^(C2)strength;
Shout for ^(C3)joy to the ^(C4)God of Jacob (Israel).

² Raise a song, sound ^(C1)the timbrel,
The sweet sounding ^(C2)lyre with the ^(C3)harp.

³ Blow the trumpet at the ^(C1)New Moon,
At the ^(F1)full moon, on our ^(C2)feast day.

⁴ For this is a statute for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

⁵ He established it for a testimony in ^(F1)Joseph
When He ^(C1)went throughout the land of Egypt.
I heard the ^(C2)language of One whom I did not know, saying,

⁶ "I ^(C1)removed the burden from his shoulder;
His hands were freed from the basket.

⁷ "You ^(C1)called in the time of trouble and I rescued you;
I ^(C2)answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the ^(C3)waters of Meribah. ^(VR1) Selah.

⁸ "^(C1)Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you—
O Israel, if you ^(C2)would listen to Me!

⁹ "Let there be no ^(C1)strange god among you,
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

¹⁰ "^(C1)I am the LORD your God,
Who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
^(C2)Open your mouth wide and I will ^(C3)fill it.

¹¹ "But My people ^(C1)would not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not consent to obey Me.

¹² "So I ^(C1)gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk in the path of their own counsel. ^(VR1)

¹³ "Oh, that My people ^(C1)would listen to Me,
That Israel would ^(C2)walk in My ways!

¹⁴ "Then I would quickly ^(C1)subdue and humble their enemies
And ^(C2)turn My hand against their adversaries;

^15 (C1)Those who hate the LORD would ^(C2)pretend obedience to Him and cringe before Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.

¹⁶ "But I would feed Israel with the ^(C1)finest of the wheat;
And with ^(C2)honey from the rock I would satisfy you."