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1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High ;
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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 To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night,
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2 to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,
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3 With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, With resounding music upon the lyre.
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3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp.
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4 For You, O LORD, have made me glad by what You have done, I will sing for joy at 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 How great are Your works, O LORD ! Your thoughts are very deep.
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5 How great are your works, O LORD, how profound your thoughts!
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6 A senseless man has no knowledge, Nor does a stupid man understand this :
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6 The senseless man does not know, fools do not understand,
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7 That when the wicked sprouted up like grass And all who did iniquity flourished, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore .
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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 You, O LORD, are on high forever.
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8 But you, O LORD, are exalted forever.
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9 For, behold, Your enemies, O LORD, For, behold, Your enemies will perish ; All who do iniquity 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 But You have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox ; I have been anointed with fresh oil.
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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 And my eye has looked exultantly upon my foes, My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.
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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 The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar 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 Planted in the house of the LORD, They will flourish in the courts 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 They will still yield fruit in old age ; They shall be full of sap and very green,
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14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,
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15 To declare that the LORD is upright ; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness 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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