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1 Hallelujah! O my soul, praise God!
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1 Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
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2 All my life long I'll praise God, singing songs to my God as long as I live.
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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 Don't put your life in the hands of experts who know nothing of life, of salvation life.
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3 Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.
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4 Mere humans don't have what it takes; when they die, their projects die with them.
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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 Instead, get help from the God of Jacob, put your hope in God and know real blessing!
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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 God made sky and soil, sea and all the fish in it. He always does what he says -
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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 he defends the wronged, he feeds the hungry. God frees 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 he gives sight to the blind, he lifts up the fallen.
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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 protects strangers, takes the side of orphans and widows, but makes short work of the wicked.
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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 God's in charge - always. Zion's God is God for good! Hallelujah!
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10 The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD.
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| Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved. (The Message Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
