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1 Hallelujah! It is good to sing psalms to our God. It is pleasant to sing [his] praise beautifully.
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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 is the builder of Jerusalem. He is the one who gathers the outcasts of Israel together.
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2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
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3 He is the healer of the brokenhearted. He is the one who bandages their wounds.
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3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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4 He determines the number of stars. He gives 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 his power is great. There is no limit to his understanding.
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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 gives relief to those who are oppressed. He brings wicked people down 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 a song of thanksgiving. Make music 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 He covers the sky with clouds. He provides rain for the ground. He makes grass grow on the mountains.
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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 is the one who gives food to animals and to young ravens when they call 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 He finds no joy in strong horses, nor is he pleased by brave soldiers.
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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 is pleased with those who fear him, with those who wait with hope for his mercy.
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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 Praise 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 He makes the bars across your gates strong. He blesses the 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 is the one who brings peace to your borders and satisfies your [hunger] 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 is the one who sends his promise throughout the earth. His word travels with great speed.
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15 He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
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16 He is the one who sends snow like wool and 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 is the one who throws his hailstones like breadcrumbs. Who can withstand his chilling blast?
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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 out his word and melts his hailstones. He makes wind blow [and] water 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 speaks his word to Jacob, his laws and judicial decisions 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 done nothing like this for any other nation. The other nations do not know the decisions he has handed down. 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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