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1 Praise the Lord! It is good to sing praises to our God; it is good and pleasant to praise him.
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Praise the LORD.How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
2 The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem; he brings back the captured Israelites.
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The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
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He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
4 He counts the stars and names each one.
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He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
5 Our Lord is great and very powerful. There is no limit to what he knows.
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Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
6 The Lord defends the humble, but he throws the wicked to the ground.
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The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
7 Sing praises to the Lord; praise our God with harps.
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Sing to the LORD with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.
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