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1 Lord, it is good to praise you. Most High God, it is good to make music to honor you.
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1 It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High,
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2 It is good to sing every morning about your love. It is good to sing every night about how faithful you are.
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2 to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,
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3 I sing about it to the music of the lyre that has ten strings. I sing about it to the music of the harp.
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3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp.
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4 Lord, you make me glad by what you have done. I sing with joy about the works of your hands.
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4 For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD; I sing for joy at the works of your hands.
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5 Lord, how great are the things you do! How wise your thoughts are!
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5 How great are your works, O LORD, how profound your thoughts!
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6 Here is something a man who isn't wise doesn't know. Here is what a foolish person doesn't understand.
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6 The senseless man does not know, fools do not understand,
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7 Those who are evil spring up like grass. Those who do wrong succeed. But they will be destroyed forever.
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7 that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
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8 But Lord, you are honored forever.
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8 But you, O LORD, are exalted forever.
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9 Lord, your enemies will certainly die. All those who do evil will be scattered.
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9 For surely your enemies, O LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
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10 You have made me as strong as a wild ox. You have poured the finest olive oil on me.
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10 You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured upon me.
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11 I've seen my evil enemies destroyed. I've heard that they have lost the battle.
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11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.
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12 Those who do what is right will grow like a palm tree. They will grow strong like a cedar tree in Lebanon.
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12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
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13 Their roots will be firm in the house of the Lord. They will grow strong and healthy in the courtyards of our God.
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13 planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
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14 When they get old, they will still bear fruit. Like young trees they will stay fresh and strong.
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14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,
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15 They will say to everyone, "The LORD is honest. He is my Rock. There is no evil in him."
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15 proclaiming, "The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him."
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