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1. Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God. For it is pleasing and praise is right.
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1. Praise H1984 ye the LORD H3050 : for H3588 it is good H2896 to sing praises H2167 unto our God H430 ; for H3588 it is pleasant H5273 ; and praise H8416 is comely H5000 .
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2. The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He gathers those of Israel who had been taken away.
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2. The LORD H3068 doth build up H1129 Jerusalem H3389 : he gathereth together H3664 the outcasts H1760 of Israel H3478 .
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3. He heals those who have a broken heart. He heals their sorrows.
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3. He healeth H7495 the broken H7665 in heart H3820 , and bindeth up H2280 their wounds H6094 .
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4. He knows the number of the stars. He gives names to all of them.
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4. He telleth H4487 the number H4557 of the stars H3556 ; he calleth H7121 them all H3605 by their names H8034 .
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5. Great is our Lord, and great in power. His understanding has no end.
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5. Great H1419 is our Lord H113 , and of great H7227 power H3581 : his understanding H8394 is infinite H369 H4557 .
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6. The Lord lifts up those who are suffering, and He brings the sinful down to the ground.
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6. The LORD H3068 lifteth up H5749 the meek H6035 : he casteth the wicked down H8213 H7563 to H5704 the ground H776 .
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7. Sing to the Lord with thanks. Sing praises to our God on the harp.
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7. Sing H6030 unto the LORD H3068 with thanksgiving H8426 ; sing praise H2167 upon the harp H3658 unto our God H430 :
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8. He covers the heavens with clouds. He gives rain for the earth. He makes grass grow on the mountains.
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8. Who covereth H3680 the heaven H8064 with clouds H5645 , who prepareth H3559 rain H4306 for the earth H776 , who maketh grass H2682 to grow H6779 upon the mountains H2022 .
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9. He gives food to the animals, and to the young ravens that cry.
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9. He giveth H5414 to the beast H929 his food H3899 , and to the young H1121 ravens H6158 which H834 cry H7121 .
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10. His joy is not in the strength of a horse. He does not find joy in the legs of a man.
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10. He delighteth H2654 not H3808 in the strength H1369 of the horse H5483 : he taketh not pleasure H3808 H7521 in the legs H7785 of a man H376 .
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11. But the Lord favors those who fear Him and those who wait for His loving-kindness.
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11. The LORD H3068 taketh pleasure in H7521 H853 them that fear H3373 him , in H853 those that hope H3176 in his mercy H2617 .
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12. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
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12. Praise H7623 H853 the LORD H3068 , O Jerusalem H3389 ; praise H1984 thy God H430 , O Zion H6726 .
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13. For He has made your gates strong. He has made good come to your children within you.
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13. For H3588 he hath strengthened H2388 the bars H1280 of thy gates H8179 ; he hath blessed H1288 thy children H1121 within H7130 thee.
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14. He makes peace within your walls. He fills you with the best grain.
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14. He maketh H7760 peace H7965 in thy borders H1366 , and filleth H7646 thee with the finest H2459 of the wheat H2406 .
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15. He sends His Word to the earth. And His Word runs fast.
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15. He sendeth forth H7971 his commandment H565 upon earth H776 : his word H1697 runneth H7323 very H5704 swiftly H4120 .
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16. He gives snow like wool. He spreads ice like ashes.
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16. He giveth H5414 snow H7950 like wool H6785 : he scattereth H6340 the hoarfrost H3713 like ashes H665 .
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17. He throws down His ice as hail stones. Who can stand before His cold?
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17. He casteth forth H7993 his ice H7140 like morsels H6595 : who H4310 can stand H5975 before H6440 his cold H7135 ?
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18. He sends out His Word and melts them. He makes His wind blow and the waters flow.
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18. He sendeth out H7971 his word H1697 , and melteth H4529 them : he causeth his wind H7307 to blow H5380 , and the waters H4325 flow H5140 .
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19. He speaks His Word to Jacob, and His Law to Israel.
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19. He showeth H5046 his word H1697 unto Jacob H3290 , his statutes H2706 and his judgments H4941 unto Israel H3478 .
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20. He has not done this with any other nation. They do not know His Law. Praise the Lord!
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20. He hath not H3808 dealt H6213 so H3651 with any H3605 nation H1471 : and as for his judgments H4941 , they have not H1077 known H3045 them. Praise H1984 ye the LORD H3050 .
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