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God’s Goodness and Israel’s Waywardness.For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. | ||||
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| 1 For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob. | 1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. | 1 [For the choir director; on the [gittith]; by Asaph.] Sing joyfully to God, our strength. Shout happily to the God of Jacob. | 1 Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob! | 1 {To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.} Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob; | 2 Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. | 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. | 2 Begin a psalm, and strike a tambourine. Play lyres and harps with their pleasant music. | 2 Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp. | 2 Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute. | 3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day. | 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. | 3 Blow the ram's horn on the day of the new moon, on the day of the full moon, on our festival days. | 3 Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. | 3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day: | 4 For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. | 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. | 4 This is a law for Israel, a legal decision from the God of Jacob. | 4 For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. | 4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob; | 5 He established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know: | 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. | 5 These are the instructions God set in place for Joseph when Joseph rose to power over Egypt. I heard a message I did not understand: | 5 He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn't know. | 5 He ordained it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went forth over the land of Egypt, where I heard a language that I knew not. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 "I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket. | 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. | 6 "I removed the burden from his shoulder. His hands were freed from the basket. | 6 "I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket. | 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket. | 7 "You called in trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah. | 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. | 7 When you were in trouble, you called out [to me], and I rescued you. I was hidden in thunder, but I answered you. I tested your [loyalty] at the oasis of Meribah. [Selah] | 7 You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah." Selah. | 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. | 8 "Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me! | 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; | 8 Listen, my people, and I will warn you. Israel, if you would only listen to me! | 8 "Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me! | 8 Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me! | 9 "Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god. | 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. | 9 Never keep any strange god among you. Never worship a foreign god. | 9 There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god. | 9 There shall no strange �god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreign �god. | 10 "I, the LORD, am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. | 10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. | 10 I am the LORD your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. | 10 I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. | 10 I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 "But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not obey Me. | 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. | 11 "But my people did not listen to me. Israel wanted nothing to do with me. | 11 But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me. | 11 But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me. | 12 "So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices. | 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. | 12 So I let them go their own stubborn ways and follow their own advice. | 12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels. | 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' stubbornness: they walked after their own counsels. | 13 "Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways! | 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! | 13 If only my people would listen to me! If only Israel would follow me! | 13 Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! | 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways! | 14 "I would quickly subdue their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries. | 14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. | 14 I would quickly defeat their enemies. I would turn my power against their foes. | 14 I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries. | 14 I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. | 15 "Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him, And their time of punishment would be forever. | 15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. | 15 Those who hate the LORD would cringe in front of him, and their time [for punishment]would last forever. | 15 The haters of Yahweh would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever. | 15 The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 "But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you." | 16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. | 16 But I would feed Israel with the finest wheat and satisfy them with honey from a rock." | 16 But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock." A Psalm by Asaph. | 16 And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee. |
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