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1 {[A Psalm] of David.} Bless Jehovah, O my soul; and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name!
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1 Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
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2 Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
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2 Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits--
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3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases;
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3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,
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4 Who redeemeth thy life from the pit, who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies;
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4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,
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5 Who satisfieth thine old age with good [things]; thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
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5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
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6 Jehovah executeth righteousness and justice for all that are oppressed.
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6 The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
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7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
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7 He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel:
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8 Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness.
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8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
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9 He will not always chide, neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
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9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;
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10 He hath not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
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10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.
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11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving-kindness toward them that fear him.
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11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;
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12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
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12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
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13 As a father pitieth [his] children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
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13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
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14 For himself knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
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14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
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15 As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth:
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15 As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field;
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16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.
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16 the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.
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17 But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children,
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17 But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children--
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18 To such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his precepts to do them.
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18 with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.
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19 Jehovah hath established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom ruleth over all.
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19 The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.
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20 Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
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20 Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.
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21 Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his will.
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21 Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will.
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22 Bless Jehovah, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless Jehovah, O my soul!
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22 Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
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