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1 Praise the LORD.Praise the LORD, you his servants; praise the name of the LORD.
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Halleluyah! Servants of ADONAI, give praise! Give praise to the name of ADONAI!
2 Let the name of the LORD be praised, both now and forevermore.
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Blessed be the name of ADONAI from this moment on and forever!
3 From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the LORD is to be praised.
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From sunrise until sunset ADONAI's name is to be praised.
4 The LORD is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens.
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ADONAI is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like the LORD our God, the One who sits enthroned on high,
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Who is like ADONAI our God, seated in the heights,
6 who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?
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humbling himself to look on heaven and on earth.
7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
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He raises the poor from the dust, lifts the needy from the rubbish heap,
8 he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people.
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in order to give him a place among princes, among the princes of his people.
9 He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD.
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He causes the childless woman to live at home happily as a mother of children. Halleluyah!
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