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1 Bless the LORD, my soul. The LORD, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
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1 Praise the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
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2 He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
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2 He wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent
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3 He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
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3 and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.
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4 He makes his messengers winds; His servants flames of fire.
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4 He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.
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5 He laid the foundations of the eretz, That it should not be moved forever.
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5 He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
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6 You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
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6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
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7 At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.
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7 But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
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8 The mountains rose, The valleys sank down, To the place which you had assigned to them.
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8 they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.
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9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; That they don't turn again to cover the eretz.
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9 You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.
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10 He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
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10 He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains.
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11 They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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11 They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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12 The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.
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12 The birds of the air nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.
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13 He waters the mountains from his chambers. The eretz is filled with the fruit of your works.
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13 He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of his work.
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14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And plants for man to cultivate, That he may bring forth food out of the eretz:
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14 He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to cultivate-- bringing forth food from the earth:
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15 Wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengthens man's heart.
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15 wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
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16 The LORD's trees are well watered, The cedars of Levanon, which he has planted;
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16 The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
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17 Where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees.
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17 There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the pine trees.
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18 The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
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18 The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the coneys.
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19 He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.
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19 The moon marks off the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down.
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20 You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the animals of the forest prowl.
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20 You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl.
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21 The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.
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21 The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
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22 The sun rises, and they steal away, And lay down in their dens.
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22 The sun rises, and they steal away; they return and lie down in their dens.
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23 Man goes forth to his work, To his labor until the evening.
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23 Then man goes out to his work, to his labor until evening.
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24 The LORD, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The eretz is full of your riches.
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24 How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
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25 There is the sea, great and wide, In which are innumerable living things, Both small and great animals.
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25 There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number-- living things both large and small.
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26 There the ships go, And livyatan, whom you formed to play there.
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26 There the ships go to and fro, and the leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.
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27 These all wait for you, That you may give them their food in due season.
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27 These all look to you to give them their food at the proper time.
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28 You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
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28 When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
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29 You hide your face: they are troubled; You take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
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29 When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.
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30 You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
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30 When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth.
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31 Let the glory of the LORD endure forever. Let the LORD rejoice in his works.
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31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works--
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32 He looks at the eretz, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
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32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles, who touches the mountains, and they smoke.
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33 I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
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33 I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
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34 Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in the LORD.
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34 May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD.
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35 Let sinners be consumed out of the eretz. Let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, my soul. Praise the LORD!
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35 But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Praise the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD.
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