Revised Standard Version RSV
Good News Translation GNT
1 Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD!
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Praise the Lord! You servants of the Lord, praise his name!
2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore!
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May his name be praised, now and forever.
3 From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the LORD is to be praised!
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From the east to the west praise the name of the Lord!
4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens!
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The Lord rules over all nations; his glory is above the heavens.
5 Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high,
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There is no one like the Lord our God. He lives in the heights above,
6 who looks far down upon the heavens and the earth?
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but he bends down to see the heavens and the 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; he lifts the needy from their misery
8 to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.
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and makes them companions of princes, the princes of his people.
9 He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the LORD!
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He honors the childless wife in her home; he makes her happy by giving her children. Praise the Lord!
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.