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1 Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul.
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1 Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
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2 While I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
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2 I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
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3 Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
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3 Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.
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4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
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4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.
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5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:
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5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
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6 Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;
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6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them-- the LORD, who remains faithful forever.
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7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
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7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,
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8 Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;
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8 the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
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9 Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
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9 The LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
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10 Jehovah will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye Jehovah.
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10 The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD.
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