Book
Chapter
1
Come, let us praise the LORD! Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!
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Let us come before him with thanksgiving and sing joyful songs of praise.
3
For the LORD is a mighty God, a mighty king over all the gods.
4
He rules over the whole earth, from the deepest caves to the highest hills.
5
He rules over the sea, which he made; the land also, which he himself formed.
6
Come, let us bow down and worship him; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!
7
He is our God; we are the people he cares for, the flock for which he provides. Listen today to what he says:
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"Don't be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah, as they were that day in the desert at Massah.
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There they put me to the test and tried me, although they had seen what I did for them.
10
For forty years I was disgusted with those people. I said, 'How disloyal they are! They refuse to obey my commands.'
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I was angry and made a solemn promise: 'You will never enter the land where I would have given you rest.' "
