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For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the winepresses.
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Rejoice ye in God our helper; Shout aloud to the God of Jacob.
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Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, The pleasant psaltery with the harp.
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Blow the trumpet at the new moon, In the glorious day of your feast.
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For this is an ordinance for Israel, And a statute of the God of Jacob.
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He made it to be a testimony in Joseph, When he came forth out of the land of Egypt: He heard a language which he understood not.
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He removed his back from burdens: His hands slaved in making the baskets.
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Thou didst call upon me in trouble, and I delivered thee; I heard thee in the secret place of the storm: I proved thee at the water of Strife. Pause.
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Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel; And I will testify to thee: if thou wilt hearken to me;
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There shall be no new god in thee; Neither shalt thou worship a strange god.
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For I am the Lord thy God, That brought thee out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel gave no heed to me.
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So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: They will go on in their own ways.
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If my people had hearkened to me, If Israel had walked in my ways,
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I should have put down their enemies very quickly, And should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them.
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The Lord’s enemies should have lied to him: But their time shall be forever.
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And he fed them with the fat of wheat; And satisfied them with honey out of the rock.