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1 To victory, the song of [the] psalm. All the earth, make ye joy heartily to God (All the earth, heartily make ye joy to God),
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(65-1) <Unto the end, a canticle of a psalm of the resurrection.> Shout with joy to God, all the earth,
2 say ye psalm to his name; give ye glory to his praising. (sing ye a song to his name; give ye him glorious praise.)
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(65-2) Sing ye a psalm to his name; give glory to his praise.
3 Say ye to God, Lord, thy works be full dreadful; in the multitude of thy virtue thine enemies shall lie (down) to thee. (Say ye to God, Lord, thy works be very fearful/how awesome be thy works; because of thy great strength thy enemies shall fall down before thee.)
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(65-3) Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee.
4 God, all the earth worship thee, and sing to thee; say it psalm to thy name. (God, let all the earth worship thee, and sing to thee; yea, sing they a song to thy name.)
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(65-4) Let all the earth adore thee, and sing to thee: let it sing a psalm to thy name.
5 Come ye and see ye the works of God; fearedful in counsels on the sons of men (fearful, or awesome, in his counsels toward the sons and daughters of men).
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(65-5) Come and see the works of God; who is terrible in his counsels over the sons of men.
6 Which turned the sea into dry land; in the flood they shall pass [through] with foot, there we shall be glad in him. (Who turned the sea into dry land; yea, they passed through the river on foot, and there we rejoiced in him.)
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(65-6) Who turneth the sea into dry land, in the river they shall pass on foot: there shall we rejoice in him.
7 The which is Lord in his virtue [into] without end, his eyes behold on folks; they that make sharp be not enhanced in themselves. (Who is the ruler by his might, or his power, forever, and his eyes look on the nations; let not they who rebel against him exalt themselves.)
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(65-7) Who by his power ruleth for ever: his eyes behold the nations; let not them that provoke him be exalted in themselves.
8 Ye heathen men, bless our God; and make ye heard the voice of his praising. (All ye heathen, bless our God; and make ye the sound of your praises heard.)
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(65-8) O bless our God, ye Gentiles: and make the voice of his praise to be heard.
9 That hath set my soul to life, and gave not my feet into stirring. (He hath given life to my soul/He hath given life to me, and kept my feet from slipping, or stumbling.)
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(65-9) Who hath set my soul to live: and hath not suffered my feet to be moved:
10 For thou, God, hast proved us; thou hast examined us by fire, as silver is examined (thou hast assayed us by fire, like silver is proved, or assayed).
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(65-10) For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried.
11 Thou leddest us into a snare, thou puttedest tribulations in our back (thou puttedest troubles upon our backs);
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(65-11) Thou hast brought us into a net, thou hast laid afflictions on our back:
12 thou settedest men on our heads. We passed by fire and water; and thou leddest us out into refreshing. (thou settedest men to ride upon our heads. We passed through fire and water; and then thou leddest us out into refreshing.)
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(65-12) Thou hast set men over our heads. We have passed through fire and water, and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment.
13 I shall enter into thine house in burnt sacrifices; I shall yield to thee my vows, (I shall enter into thy House with burnt sacrifices; I shall pay my vows to thee,)
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(65-13) I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
14 which my lips spake distinctly. And my mouth spake in my tribulation; (which my lips shall speak clearly, or distinctly. Yea, what I said I would do, when I was in trouble, and you helped me.)
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(65-14) Which my lips have uttered, And my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
15 I shall offer to thee burnt sacrifices full of marrow, with the burning of rams; I shall offer to thee oxes with bucks of goats.
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(65-15) I will offer up to thee holocausts full of marrow, with burnt offerings of rams: I will offer to thee bullocks with goats.
16 All ye that dread God, come and hear, and I shall tell; how great things he hath done to my soul. (All ye who fear God, come and listen; and I shall tell you what great things he hath done for my soul./All ye who revere God, come and listen; and I shall tell you what great things he hath done for me.)
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(65-16) Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what great things he hath done for my soul.
17 I cried to him with my mouth; and I joyed fully under my tongue. (I cried to him with my mouth; and I praised him with my tongue.)
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(65-17) I cried to him with my mouth: and I extolled him with my tongue.
18 If I beheld wickedness in mine heart; the Lord shall not hear. (And if I had still held wickedness in my heart; then the Lord would not have heard me.)
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(65-18) If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.
19 Therefore God heard; and he perceived the voice of my beseeching. (But truly God did hear me; and he hath listened to the words of my plea.)
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(65-19) Therefore hath God heard me, and hath attended to the voice of my supplication.
20 Blessed be God; that removed not my prayer, nor his mercy from me. (Blessed be God; who did not turn my prayer away, nor kept back his love from me.)
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(65-20) Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Copyright © 2001 by Terence P. Noble. For personal use only.
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