48 lines
1.8 KiB
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48 lines
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# Chapter 135
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1 Praise the Lord!
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Praise the name of the Lord!
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Praise him, you who serve the Lord,
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2 you who serve in the house of the Lord,
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in the courts of the house of our God.
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3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;
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celebrate his lovely name with music.
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4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,
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Israel for his own special treasure.
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5 I know the greatness of the Lord—
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that our Lord is greater than any other god.
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6 The Lord does whatever pleases him
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throughout all heaven and earth,
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and on the seas and in their depths.
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7 He causes the clouds to rise over the whole earth.
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He sends the lightning with the rain
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and releases the wind from his storehouses.
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8 He destroyed the firstborn in each Egyptian home,
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both people and animals.
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9 He performed miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt
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against Pharaoh and all his people.
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10 He struck down great nations
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and slaughtered mighty kings—
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11 Sihon king of the Amorites,
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Og king of Bashan,
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and all the kings of Canaan.
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12 He gave their land as an inheritance,
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a special possession to his people Israel.
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13 Your name, O Lord, endures forever;
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your fame, O Lord, is known to every generation.
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14 For the Lord will give justice to his people
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and have compassion on his servants.
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15 The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold,
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shaped by human hands.
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16 They have mouths but cannot speak,
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and eyes but cannot see.
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17 They have ears but cannot hear,
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and mouths but cannot breathe.
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18 And those who make idols are just like them,
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as are all who trust in them.
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19 O Israel, praise the Lord!
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O priests—descendants of Aaron—praise the Lord!
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20 O Levites, praise the Lord!
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All you who fear the Lord, praise the Lord!
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21 The Lord be praised from Zion,
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for he lives here in Jerusalem.
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Praise the Lord! |