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¹ Shout for joy to God our defender;
    sing praise to the God of Jacob!
² Start the music and beat the tambourines;
    play pleasant music on the harps and the lyres.
^3 (a)Blow the trumpet for the festival,
    when the moon is new and when the moon is full.
⁴ This is the law in Israel,
    an order from the God of Jacob.
⁵ He gave it to the people of Israel
    when he attacked the land of Egypt.

I hear an unknown voice saying,
⁶ "I took the burdens off your backs;
    I let you put down your loads of bricks.
^7 (b)When you were in trouble, you called to me, and I saved you.
    From my hiding place in the storm, I answered you.
    I put you to the test at the springs of Meribah.
⁸ Listen, my people, to my warning;
    Israel, how I wish you would listen to me!
^9 (c)You must never worship another god.
¹⁰ I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you out of Egypt.
Open your mouth, and I will feed you.

¹¹ "But my people would not listen to me;
    Israel would not obey me.
¹² So I let them go their stubborn ways
    and do whatever they wanted.
¹³ How I wish my people would listen to me;
    how I wish they would obey me!
¹⁴ I would quickly defeat their enemies
    and conquer all their foes.
¹⁵ Those who hate me would bow in fear before me;
    their punishment would last forever.
¹⁶ But I would feed you with the finest wheat
    and satisfy you with wild honey."