New Living Translation NLT
The Message Bible MSG
1 Praise the LORD ! Praise the name of the LORD ! Praise him, you who serve the LORD,
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Hallelujah! Praise the name of God, praise the works of God.
2 you who serve in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
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All you priests on duty in God's temple, serving in the sacred halls of our God,
3 Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; celebrate his lovely name with music.
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Shout "Hallelujah!" because God's so good, sing anthems to his beautiful name.
4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own special treasure.
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And why? Because God chose Jacob, embraced Israel as a prize possession.
5 I know the greatness of the LORD — that our Lord is greater than any other god.
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I too give witness to the greatness of God, our Lord, high above all other gods.
6 The LORD does whatever pleases him throughout all heaven and earth, and on the seas and in their depths.
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He does just as he pleases - however, wherever, whenever.
7 He causes the clouds to rise over the whole earth. He sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from his storehouses.
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He makes the weather - clouds and thunder, lightning and rain, wind pouring out of the north.
8 He destroyed the firstborn in each Egyptian home, both people and animals.
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He struck down the Egyptian firstborn, both human and animal firstborn.
9 He performed miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt against Pharaoh and all his people.
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He made Egypt sit up and take notice, confronted Pharaoh and his servants with miracles.
10 He struck down great nations and slaughtered mighty kings—
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Yes, he struck down great nations, he slew mighty kings -
11 Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.
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Sihon king of the Amorites, also Og of Bashan - every last one of the Canaanite kings!
12 He gave their land as an inheritance, a special possession to his people Israel.
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Then he turned their land over to Israel, a gift of good land to his people.
13 Your name, O LORD, endures forever; your fame, O LORD, is known to every generation.
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God, your name is eternal, God, you'll never be out-of-date.
14 For the LORD will give justice to his people and have compassion on his servants.
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God stands up for his people, God holds the hands of his people.
15 The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands.
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The gods of the godless nations are mere trinkets, made for quick sale in the markets:
16 They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see.
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Chiseled mouths that can't talk, painted eyes that can't see,
17 They have ears but cannot hear, and mouths but cannot breathe.
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Carved ears that can't hear - dead wood! cold metal!
18 And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
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Those who make and trust them become like them.
19 O Israel, praise the LORD ! O priests—descendants of Aaron—praise the LORD !
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Family of Israel, bless God! Family of Aaron, bless God!
20 O Levites, praise the LORD ! All you who fear the LORD, praise the LORD !
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Family of Levi, bless God! You who fear God, bless God!
21 The LORD be praised from Zion, for he lives here in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD !
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Oh, blessed be God of Zion, First Citizen of Jerusalem! Hallelujah!