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1 Praise the LORD! Because it is good to sing praise to our God! Because it is a pleasure to make beautiful praise!
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1 Praise the LORD. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
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2 The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem, gathering up Israel's exiles.
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2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
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3 God heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
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3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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4 God counts the stars by number, giving each one a name.
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4 He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
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5 Our Lord is great and so strong! God's knowledge can't be grasped!
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5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
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6 The LORD helps the poor, but throws the wicked down on the dirt!
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6 The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
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7 Sing to the LORD with thanks; sing praises to our God with a lyre!
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7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp.
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8 God covers the skies with clouds; God makes rain for the earth; God makes the mountains sprout green grass.
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8 He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
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9 God gives food to the animals— even to the baby ravens when they cry out.
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9 He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
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10 God doesn't prize the strength of a horse; God doesn't treasure the legs of a runner.
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10 His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man;
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11 No. The LORD treasures the people who honor him, the people who wait for his faithful love.
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11 the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
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12 Worship the LORD, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
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12 Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion,
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13 Because God secures the bars on your gates, God blesses the children you have there.
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13 for he strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.
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14 God establishes your borders peacefully. God fills you full with the very best wheat.
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14 He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
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15 God issues his command to the earth— God's word speeds off fast!
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15 He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
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16 God spreads snow like it was wool; God scatters frost like it was ashes;
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16 He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.
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17 God throws his hail down like crumbs— who can endure God's freezing cold?
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17 He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?
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18 Then God issues his word and melts it all away! God makes his winds blow; the water flows again.
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18 He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
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19 God proclaims his word to Jacob; his statutes and rules to Israel.
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19 He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
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20 God hasn't done that with any other nation; those nations have no knowledge of God's rules. Praise the LORD!
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20 He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws. Praise the LORD.
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