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1. Come, let's shout praises to GOD, raise the roof for the Rock who saved us!
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1. O come H1980 , let us sing H7442 unto the LORD H3068 : let us make a joyful noise H7321 to the rock H6697 of our salvation H3468 .
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2. Let's march into his presence singing praises, lifting the rafters with our hymns!
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2. Let us come before H6923 his presence H6440 with thanksgiving H8426 , and make a joyful noise H7321 unto him with psalms H2158 .
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3. And why? Because GOD is the best, High King over all the gods.
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3. For H3588 the LORD H3068 is a great H1419 God H410 , and a great H1419 King H4428 above H5921 all H3605 gods H430 .
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4. In one hand he holds deep caves and caverns, in the other hand grasps the high mountains.
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4. In his hand H3027 are the deep places H4278 of the earth H776 : the strength H8443 of the hills H2022 is his also.
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5. He made Ocean--he owns it! His hands sculpted Earth!
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5. The sea H3220 is his , and he H1931 made H6213 it : and his hands H3027 formed H3335 the dry H3006 land .
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6. So come, let us worship: bow before him, on your knees before GOD, who made us!
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6. O come H935 , let us worship H7812 and bow down H3766 : let us kneel H1288 before H6440 the LORD H3068 our maker H6213 .
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7. Oh yes, he's our God, and we're the people he pastures, the flock he feeds. Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks:
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7. For H3588 he H1931 is our God H430 ; and we H587 are the people H5971 of his pasture H4830 , and the sheep H6629 of his hand H3027 . Today H3117 if H518 ye will hear H8085 his voice H6963 ,
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8. "Don't turn a deaf ear as in the Bitter Uprising, As on the day of the Wilderness Test,
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8. Harden H7185 not H408 your heart H3824 , as in the provocation H4808 , and as in the day H3117 of temptation H4531 in the wilderness H4057 :
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9. when your ancestors turned and put me to the test.
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9. When H834 your fathers H1 tempted H5254 me, proved H974 me, and H1571 saw H7200 my work H6467 .
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10. For forty years they watched me at work among them, as over and over they tried my patience. And I was provoked--oh, was I provoked! 'Can't they keep their minds on God for five minutes? Do they simply refuse to walk down my road?'
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10. Forty H705 years H8141 long was I grieved H6962 with this generation H1755 , and said H559 , It H1992 is a people H5971 that do err H8582 in their heart H3824 , and they H1992 have not H3808 known H3045 my ways H1870 :
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11. Exasperated, I exploded, 'They'll never get where they're headed, never be able to sit down and rest.'"
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11. Unto whom H834 I swore H7650 in my wrath H639 that H518 they should not enter H935 into H413 my rest H4496 .
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