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^(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."

God takes His ^(C1)position in ^(F1)His assembly; He ^(C2)judges in the midst of the ^(C3)gods.

How long will you ^(C1)judge unjustly And ^(C2)show partiality to the wicked? Selah

^(C1)Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

^(C1)Rescue the weak and needy; Save them from the hand of the wicked.

They ^(C1)do not know nor do they understand; They ^(C2)walk around in darkness; All the ^(C3)foundations of the earth are shaken.

^(F1)I ^(C1)said, "You are gods, And all of you are ^(C2)sons of the Most High.

-"Nevertheless ^(C1)you will die like men, And fall like ^(C2)one of the princes."

^(C1)Arise, God, ^(C2)judge the earth! For You ^(C3)possess all the nations.

God, ^(C1)do not remain quiet; ^(C2)Do not be silent and, God, do not be still.

For behold, Your enemies ^(C1)make an uproar, And ^(C2)those who hate You have ^(F1)(C3)exalted themselves.

They ^(C1)make shrewd plans against Your people, And ^(F1)conspire together against ^(C2)Your ^(F2)treasured ones.

They have said, "Come, and ^(C1)let's wipe them out ^(F1)as a nation, So that the ^(C2)name of Israel will no longer be remembered."

For they have ^(F1)(C1)conspired together with one mind; They make a covenant against You:

The tents of ^(C1)Edom and the ^(C2)Ishmaelites, ^(C3)Moab and the ^(C4)Hagrites;

^(C1)Gebal, ^(C2)Ammon, and ^(C3)Amalek, ^(C4)Philistia with the inhabitants of ^(C5)Tyre;

^(C1)Assyria also has joined them; They have become ^(F1)a help to the ^(C2)children of Lot. Selah

Deal with them ^(C1)as with Midian, As ^(C2)with Sisera and Jabin at the river of Kishon,

Who were destroyed at En-dor, Who ^(C1)became like dung for the ground.

Make their nobles like ^(C1)Oreb and Zeeb, And all their leaders like ^(C2)Zebah and Zalmunna,

Who said, "^(C1)Let's possess for ourselves The ^(C2)pastures of God."

My God, make them like the ^(F1)(C1)whirling dust, Like ^(C2)chaff before the wind.

Like ^(C1)fire that burns the forest, And like a flame that ^(C2)sets the mountains on fire,

So pursue them ^(C1)with Your heavy gale, And terrify them with Your storm.

^(C1)Fill their faces with dishonor, So that they will seek Your name, LORD.

May they be ^(C1)ashamed and dismayed forever, And may they be humiliated and perish,

So that they will ^(C1)know that ^(C2)You alone, whose name is the LORD, Are the ^(C3)Most High over all the earth.