Revised Standard Version RSV
Good News Translation GNT
1 Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful!
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Praise the Lord! Sing a new song to the Lord; praise him in the assembly of his faithful people!
2 Let Israel be glad in his Maker, let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King!
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Be glad, Israel, because of your Creator; rejoice, people of Zion, because of your king!
3 Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with timbrel and lyre!
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Praise his name with dancing; play drums and harps in praise of him.
4 For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with victory.
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The Lord takes pleasure in his people; he honors the humble with victory.
5 Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their couches.
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Let God's people rejoice in their triumph and sing joyfully all night long.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands,
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Let them shout aloud as they praise God, with their sharp swords in their hands
7 to wreak vengeance on the nations and chastisement on the peoples,
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to defeat the nations and to punish the peoples;
8 to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron,
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to bind their kings in chains, their leaders in chains of iron;
9 to execute on them the judgment written! This is glory for all his faithful ones. Praise the LORD!
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to punish the nations as God has commanded. This is the victory of God's people. 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.