Psalms 81:1-8
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1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
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2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
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3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
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4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
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5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
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6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
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7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
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8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;