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1 Praise the LORD, For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
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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 builds up Yerushalayim. He gathers together the outcasts of Yisra'el.
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2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
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3 He heals the broken in heart, 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 calls them all by their names.
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4 He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
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5 Great is our Lord, and mighty 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 upholds the humble. He brings the wicked 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 with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp 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, Who prepares rain for the eretz, Who 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 provides food for the cattle, And for the young ravens when they call.
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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 doesn't delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs 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 takes pleasure in those who fear him, In those who hope in his lovingkindness.
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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, Yerushalayim! Praise your God, Tziyon!
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12 Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion,
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13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed 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 makes shalom in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the 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 out his mitzvah on eretz. His word runs very swiftly.
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15 He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
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16 He gives 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 hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before 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 out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, 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 shows his word to Ya`akov; His statutes and his ordinances to Yisra'el.
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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 don't know his ordinances. 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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