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1 Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;
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Shout joyfully to God, all the earth!
2 sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise.
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Sing praises to the glory of God's name! Make glorious his praise!
3 Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power, your enemies cringe before you.
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Say to God: "How awesome are your works! Because of your great strength, your enemies cringe before you.
4 All the earth worships you; they sing praises to you, sing praises to your name." (Selah)
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All the earth worships you, sings praises to you, sings praises to your name!" Selah
5 Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds among mortals.
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Come and see God's deeds; his works for human beings are awesome:
6 He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. There we rejoiced in him,
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He turned the sea into dry land so they could cross the river on foot. Right there we rejoiced in him!
7 who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations— let the rebellious not exalt themselves. (Selah)
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God rules with power forever; keeps a good eye on the nations. So don't let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
8 Bless our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard,
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All you nations, bless our God! Let the sound of his praise be heard!
9 who has kept us among the living, and has not let our feet slip.
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God preserved us among the living; he didn't let our feet slip a bit.
10 For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.
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But you, God, have tested us— you've refined us like silver,
11 You brought us into the net; you laid burdens on our backs;
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trapped us in a net, laid burdens on our backs,
12 you let people ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a spacious place.
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let other people run right over our heads— we've been through fire and water. But you brought us out to freedom!
13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows,
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So I'll enter your house with entirely burned offerings. I'll keep the promises I made to you,
14 those that my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.
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the ones my lips uttered, the ones my mouth spoke when I was in deep trouble.
15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fatlings, with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams; I will make an offering of bulls and goats. (Selah)
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I will offer the best burned offerings to you along with the smoke of sacrificed rams. I will offer both bulls and goats. Selah
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for me.
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Come close and listen, all you who honor God; I will tell you what God has done for me:
17 I cried aloud to him, and he was extolled with my tongue.
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My mouth cried out to him with praise on my tongue.
18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
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If I had cherished evil in my heart, my Lord would not have listened.
19 But truly God has listened; he has given heed to the words of my prayer.
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But God definitely listened. He heard the sound of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me.
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Bless God! He didn't reject my prayer; he didn't withhold his faithful love from me.
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