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50 lines
1.6 KiB
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## Oh that My People Would Listen to Me
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Sing for joy to God our strength; Make a loud shout to the God of Jacob.
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Lift up a song of praise, strike the tambourine, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
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###### 3
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Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.
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For it is a statute for Israel, A judgment of the God of Jacob.
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He established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went forth over the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know:
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"I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.
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You called in distress and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
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Hear, O My people, and I will testify against you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me!
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###### 9
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Let there be no strange god among you; And you shall not worship a foreign god.
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I am Yahweh your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
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"But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel was not willing _to obey_ Me.
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So I released them over to the stubbornness of their heart, That they would walk in their own devices.
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Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!
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I would quickly subdue their enemies And I would turn My hand against their adversaries.
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Those who hate Yahweh would cower before Him, And their time _of punishment_ would be forever.
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But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
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