GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 Hallelujah! You servants of the LORD, praise him. 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 Thank the name of the LORD now and forever.
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Let the name of the LORD be praised, both now and forevermore.
3 From where the sun rises to where the sun sets, the name of the LORD should 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 the nations. His glory is 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? He is seated on his high throne.
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Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high,
6 He bends down to look at heaven and earth.
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who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?
7 He lifts the poor from the dust. He lifts the needy from a garbage heap.
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He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
8 He seats them with influential people, with the influential leaders of his people.
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he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people.
9 He makes a woman who is in a childless home a joyful mother. Hallelujah!
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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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