Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
1 Praise the Lord! It is good to sing praise to our God; it is pleasant and right 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 is restoring Jerusalem; he is bringing back the exiles.
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The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
3 He heals the broken-hearted and bandages their wounds.
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He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
4 He has decided the number of the stars and calls each one by name.
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He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
5 Great and mighty is our Lord; his wisdom cannot be measured.
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Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
6 He raises the humble, but crushes the wicked to the ground.
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The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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