1   
Shout for joy to God our defender;
  sing praise to the God of Jacob!

2   
Start the music and beat the tambourines;
  play pleasant music on the harps and the lyres.

3   
Blow the trumpet for the festival,
  when the moon is new and when the moon is full.

4   
This is the law in Israel,
  an order from the God of Jacob.

5   
He gave it to the people of Israel
  when he attacked the land of Egypt.

5   
I hear an unknown voice saying,

6   
“I took the burdens off your backs;
  I let you put down your loads of bricks.

7   
When you were in trouble, you called to me, and I saved you.
  From my hiding place in the storm, I answered you.
  I put you to the test at the springs of Meribah.

8   
Listen, my people, to my warning;
  Israel, how I wish you would listen to me!

9   
You must never worship another god.

10   
I am the Lord your God,
  who brought you out of Egypt.
Open your mouth, and I will feed you.

11   
“But my people would not listen to me;
  Israel would not obey me.

12   
So I let them go their stubborn ways
  and do whatever they wanted.

13   
How I wish my people would listen to me;
  how I wish they would obey me!

14   
I would quickly defeat their enemies
  and conquer all their foes.

15   
Those who hate me would bow in fear before me;
  their punishment would last forever.

16   
But I would feed you with the finest wheat
  and satisfy you with wild honey.”

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