KJV-Parallel Bibles
1. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2. Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3. Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
4. For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
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.
6. I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
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.
8. Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
9. There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
10. I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11. But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
12. So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
13. Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
14. I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
15. The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
16. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
1. To the Overseer. -- `On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.
2. Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.
3. Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,
4. For a statute to Israel it [is], An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5. A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known -- I hear.
6. From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.
7. In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah.
8. Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:
9. There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.
10. I [am] Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it.
11. But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.
12. And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.
13. O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.
14. As a little thing their enemies I cause to bow, And against their adversaries I turn back My hand,
15. Those hating Jehovah feign obedience to Him, But their time is -- to the age.
16. He causeth him to eat of the fat of wheat, And [with] honey from a rock I satisfy thee!
Related Links:
KJV Bible ; Preface to the KJV 1611 ; Read the KJV in 1 Year!
KJV Podcast:
