The Message Bible MSG
New International Version NIV
1 On your feet now - applaud God!
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Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence.
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Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know this: God is God, and God, God. He made us; we didn't make him. We're his people, his well-tended sheep.
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Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his ; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter with the password: "Thank you!" Make yourselves at home, talking praise. Thank him. Worship him.
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Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For God is sheer beauty, all-generous in love, loyal always and ever.
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For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
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