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1 Hallelujah! How good it is to sing to our God, for praise is pleasant and lovely.
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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; He gathers Israel's exiled people.
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2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
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3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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4 He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them.
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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, vast in power; His understanding is infinite.
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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 afflicted but brings the wicked to the ground.
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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 thanksgiving; play the lyre to our God,
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7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp.
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8 who covers the sky with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, and causes grass to grow on the hills.
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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 He provides the animals with their food, and the young ravens, what they cry for.
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9 He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
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10 He is not impressed by the strength of a horse; He does not value the power of a man.
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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 The Lord values those who fear Him, those who put their hope in 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 Exalt 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 For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your children within you.
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13 for he strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.
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14 He endows your territory with prosperity; He satisfies you with the finest 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 He sends His command throughout the earth; His word runs swiftly.
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15 He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
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16 He spreads snow like wool; He scatters frost like ashes;
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16 He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.
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17 He throws His hailstones like crumbs. Who can withstand His cold?
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17 He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?
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18 He sends His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
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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 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments 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 He has not done this for any nation; they do not know [His] judgments. Hallelujah!
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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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