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Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD!
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Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore!
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From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the LORD is to be praised!
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The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens!
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Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high,
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who looks far down upon the heavens and the earth?
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He raises the poor from the dust, and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
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to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.
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He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the LORD!
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