Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New International Version NIV
1 Praise ye the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God.
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Praise the LORD.How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem; and he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
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The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
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He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
4 He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by names.
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He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
5 Great is our Lord, and great is his strength; and his understanding is infinite.
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Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
6 The Lord lifts up the meek; but brings sinners down to the ground.
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The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
7 Begin the song with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God:
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Sing to the LORD with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.
8 who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [and green herb for the service of men;]
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He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
9 and gives cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon him.
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He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
10 He will not take pleasure in the strength of a horse; neither is he well-pleased with the legs of a man.
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His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
11 The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear him, and in all that hope in his mercy.
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the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Sion.
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Extol the LORD, Jerusalem; praise your God, Zion.
13 For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; he has blessed thy children within thee.
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He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.
14 He makes thy borders peaceful, and fills thee with the flour of wheat.
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He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
15 He sends his oracle to the earth: his word will run swiftly.
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He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.
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He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.
17 Casting forth his ice like morsels: who shall stand before his cold?
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He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?
18 He shall send out his word, and melt them: he shall blow with his wind, and the waters shall flow.
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He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
19 He sends his word to Jacob, his ordinances and judgments to Israel.
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He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
20 He has not done so to any other nation; and he has not shewn them his judgments.
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He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws.Praise the LORD.
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