| New Living Translation | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Sing praises to God, our strength. Sing to the God of Jacob. | 1For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob. |
| 2Sing! Beat the tambourine. Play the sweet lyre and the harp. | 2Lift up a song--play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp. |
| 3Blow the ram’s horn at new moon, and again at full moon to call a festival! | 3Blow the horn on the day of our feasts during the new moon and during the full moon. |
| 4For this is required by the decrees of Israel; it is a regulation of the God of Jacob. | 4For this is a statute for Israel, a judgment of the God of Jacob. |
| 5He made it a law for Israel when he attacked Egypt to set us free. I heard an unknown voice say, | 5He set it up as an ordinance for Joseph when He went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard an unfamiliar language:" |
| 6“Now I will take the load from your shoulders; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks. | 6I relieved his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from carrying the basket. |
| 7You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered out of the thundercloud and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah. Interlude | 7You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah |
| 8“Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings. O Israel, if you would only listen to me! | 8Listen, My people, and I will admonish you. Israel, if you would only listen to Me! |
| 9You must never have a foreign god; you must not bow down before a false god. | 9There must not be a strange god among you; you must not bow down to a foreign god. |
| 10For it was I, the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things. | 10I am Yahweh your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it." |
| 11“But no, my people wouldn’t listen. Israel did not want me around. | 11But My people did not listen to Me; Israel did not obey Me. |
| 12So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas. | 12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own plans. |
| 13Oh, that my people would listen to me! Oh, that Israel would follow me, walking in my paths! | 13If only My people would listen to Me and Israel would follow My ways, |
| 14How quickly I would then subdue their enemies! How soon my hands would be upon their foes! | 14I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes." |
| 15Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him; they would be doomed forever. | 15Those who hate the LORD would pretend submission to Him; their doom would last forever. |
| 16But I would feed you with the finest wheat. I would satisfy you with wild honey from the rock.” | 16But He would feed Israel with the best wheat." I would satisfy you with honey from the rock." |
| Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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