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“upon the <i>gittith</i>.”<a id="rfn23081001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23081001-1">*</a> Of Asaph.</p> <p class="chsect">I</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23081002" class="ver">2</span>Sing joyfully to God our strength;<a id="ren23081002-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23081002-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl1">raise loud shouts to the God of Jacob!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23081003" class="ver">3</span>Take up a melody, sound the timbrel,</p> <p class="sl1">the pleasant lyre with a harp.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23081004" class="ver">4</span><a id="rfn23081004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23081004-1">*</a>Blow the shofar at the new moon,</p> <p class="sl1">at the full moon, on our solemn feast.<a id="ren23081004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23081004-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23081005" class="ver">5</span>For this is a law for Israel,</p> <p class="sl1">an edict of the God of Jacob,<a id="ren23081005-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23081005-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23081006" class="ver">6</span>He made it a decree for Joseph</p> <p class="sl1">when he came out of the land of Egypt.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">II</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23081007" class="ver">7</span><a id="rfn23081007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23081007-1">*</a>I heard a tongue I did not know:</p> <p class="sl1">“I removed his shoulder from the burden;<a id="rfn23081007-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23081007-2">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">his hands moved away from the basket.<a class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23081007-2">*</a><a id="ren23081007-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23081007-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23081008" class="ver">8</span>In distress you called and I rescued you;</p> <p class="sl1">I answered you in secret with thunder;</p> <p class="sl">At the waters of Meribah<a id="rfn23081008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23081008-1">*</a> I tested you:<a id="ren23081008-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23081008-e">e</a> <span id="v23081009" class="ver">9</span>‘Listen, my people, I will testify against you</p> <p class="sli"><i>Selah</i></p> <p class="sl1f">If only you will listen to me, Israel!<a id="ren23081009-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23081009-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23081010" class="ver">10</span>There shall be no foreign god among you;<a id="rfn23081010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23081010-1">*</a><a id="ren23081010-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23081010-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl1">you shall not bow down to an alien god.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23081011" class="ver">11</span>‘I am the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> your God,</p> <p class="sl1">who brought you up from the land of Egypt.</p> <p class="sl1">Open wide your mouth that I may fill it.’</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23081012" class="ver">12</span>But my people did not listen to my words;</p> <p class="sl1">Israel would not submit to me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23081013" class="ver">13</span>So I thrust them away to the hardness of their heart;</p> <p class="sl1">‘Let them walk in their own machinations.’<a id="ren23081013-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23081013-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23081014" class="ver">14</span>O that my people would listen to me,</p> <p class="sl1">that Israel would walk in my ways,<a id="ren23081014-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23081014-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23081015" class="ver">15</span>In a moment I would humble their foes,</p> <p class="sl1">and turn back my hand against their oppressors.<a id="ren23081015-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23081015-j">j</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23081016" class="ver">16</span>Those who hate the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will try flattering him,</p> <p class="sl1">but their fate is fixed forever.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23081017" class="ver">17</span>But Israel I will feed with the finest wheat,</p> <p class="sl1">I will satisfy them with honey from the rock.”<a id="ren23081017-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23081017-k">k</a></p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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