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1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD's name! All you who serve the LORD, praise God!
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1 Praise the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD; praise him, you servants of the LORD,
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2 All you who stand in the LORD's house— who stand in the courtyards of our God's temple—
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2 you who minister in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
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3 praise the LORD, because the LORD is good! Sing praises to God's name because it is beautiful!
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3 Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.
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4 Because the LORD chose Jacob as his own, God chose Israel as his treasured possession.
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4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession.
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5 Yes, I know for certain that the LORD is great— I know our Lord is greater than all other gods.
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5 I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods.
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6 The LORD can do whatever he wants in heaven or on earth, in the seas and in every ocean depth.
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6 The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths.
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7 God forms clouds at the far corners of the earth. God makes lightning for the rain. God releases the wind from its storeroom.
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7 He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
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8 God struck down the Egyptians' oldest offspring— both human and animal!
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8 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of men and animals.
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9 God sent signs and wonders into the very center of Egypt— against Pharaoh and all his servants.
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9 He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
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10 God struck down many nations and killed mighty kings:
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10 He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings--
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11 Sihon the Amorite king, Og the king of Bashan, and all the Canaanite kings.
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11 Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan and all the kings of Canaan--
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12 Then God handed their land over as an inheritance— as an inheritance to Israel, his own people.
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12 and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel.
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13 LORD, your name is forever! LORD, your fame extends from one generation to the next!
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13 Your name, O LORD, endures forever, your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
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14 The LORD gives justice to his people and has compassion on those who serve him.
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14 For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.
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15 The nations' idols are just silver and gold— things made by human hands.
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15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
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16 They have mouths, but they can't speak. They have eyes, but they can't see.
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16 They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see;
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17 They have ears, but they can't listen. No, there's no breath in their lungs!
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17 they have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths.
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18 Let the people who made these idols and all who trust in them become just like them!
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18 Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.
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19 House of Israel, bless the LORD! House of Aaron, bless the LORD!
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19 O house of Israel, praise the LORD; O house of Aaron, praise the LORD;
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20 House of Levi, bless the LORD! You who honor the LORD, bless the LORD!
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20 O house of Levi, praise the LORD; you who fear him, praise the LORD.
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21 Bless the LORD from Zion— bless the one who lives in Jerusalem! Praise the LORD!
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21 Praise be to the LORD from Zion, to him who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.
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