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1 Praise the LORD.How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
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Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.
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The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4 He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
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He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
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Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
6 The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.
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The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
7 Sing to the LORD with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.
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Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
8 He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
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Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
9 He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
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He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
10 His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
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He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
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The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
12 Extol the LORD, Jerusalem; praise your God, Zion.
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Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
13 He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.
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For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
14 He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
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He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
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He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
16 He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.
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He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?
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He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
18 He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
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He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
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He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
20 He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws.Praise the LORD.
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He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
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