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1 Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD!
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Praise the LORD.Praise the LORD, you his servants; praise the name of the LORD.
2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore!
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Let the name of the LORD be praised, both now and forevermore.
3 From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the LORD is to be praised!
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From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised.
4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens!
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The LORD is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high,
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Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high,
6 who looks far down upon the heavens and the earth?
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who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?
7 He raises the poor from the dust, and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
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He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
8 to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.
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he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people.
9 He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the LORD!
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He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD.
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