Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
1 Praise the Lord! Sing a new song to the Lord; praise him in the assembly of his faithful people!
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Praise the LORD.Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of his faithful people.
2 Be glad, Israel, because of your Creator; rejoice, people of Zion, because of your king!
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Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King.
3 Praise his name with dancing; play drums and harps in praise of him.
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Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.
4 The Lord takes pleasure in his people; he honors the humble with victory.
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For the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.
5 Let God's people rejoice in their triumph and sing joyfully all night long.
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Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds.
6 Let them shout aloud as they praise God, with their sharp swords in their hands
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May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands,
7 to defeat the nations and to punish the peoples;
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to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
8 to bind their kings in chains, their leaders in chains of iron;
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to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron,
9 to punish the nations as God has commanded. This is the victory of God's people. Praise the Lord!
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to carry out the sentence written against them— this is the glory of all his faithful people. Praise the LORD.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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