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1 Sing to the Lord, you who do what is right; honest people should praise him.
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Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.
2 Praise the Lord on the harp; make music for him on a ten-stringed lyre.
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Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
3 Sing a new song to him; play well and joyfully.
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Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
4 God's word is true, and everything he does is right.
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For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.
5 He loves what is right and fair; the Lord's love fills the earth.
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He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
6 The sky was made at the Lord's command. By the breath from his mouth, he made all the stars.
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By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
7 He gathered the water of the sea into a heap. He made the great ocean stay in its place.
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He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses.
8 All the earth should worship the Lord; the whole world should fear him.
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Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
9 He spoke, and it happened. He commanded, and it appeared.
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For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
10 The Lord upsets the plans of nations; he ruins all their plans.
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The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
11 But the Lord's plans will stand forever; his ideas will last from now on.
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The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.
12 Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his very own.
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Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
13 The Lord looks down from heaven and sees every person.
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The Lord looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man;
14 From his throne he watches all who live on earth.
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from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
15 He made their hearts and understands everything they do.
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he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.
16 No king is saved by his great army. No warrior escapes by his great strength.
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The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
17 Horses can't bring victory; they can't save by their strength.
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The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.
18 But the Lord looks after those who fear him, those who put their hope in his love.
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Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,
19 He saves them from death and spares their lives in times of hunger.
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that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine.
20 So our hope is in the Lord. He is our help, our shield to protect us.
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Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.
21 We rejoice in him, because we trust his holy name.
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For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.
22 Lord, show your love to us as we put our hope in you. David's song from the time he acted crazy so Abimelech would send him away, and David did leave.
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Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.