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1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
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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 doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
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2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
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3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
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3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth 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 of great 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 lifteth up the meek: he casteth 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 unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto 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 covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon 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 giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry .
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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 delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not 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 taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in 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, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
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12 Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion,
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13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
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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 maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee 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 sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
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15 He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
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16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost 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 casteth forth his ice like morsels: 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 sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth 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 sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto 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 hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye 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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