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¹Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!) Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who fears the LORD [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with obedience], Who delights greatly in His commandments.

²His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed.

³Wealth and riches are in his house, And his righteousness endures forever.

⁴Light arises in the darkness for the upright; He is gracious and compassionate and righteous (upright—in right standing with God).

⁵It is well with the man who is gracious and lends; He conducts his affairs with justice.

⁶He will never be shaken; The righteous will be remembered forever.

⁷He will not fear bad news; His heart is steadfast, trusting [confidently relying on and believing] in the LORD.

⁸His heart is upheld, he will not fear While he looks [with satisfaction] on his adversaries.

⁹He has given freely to the poor; His righteousness endures forever; His horn will be exalted in honor.

¹⁰The wicked will see it and be angered, He will gnash his teeth and melt away [in despair and death]; The desire of the wicked will perish and come to nothing.

¹Praise the LORD! ( Hallelujah!) Praise, O servants of the LORD, Praise the name of the LORD.

²Blessed be the name of the LORD From this time forth and forever.

³From the rising of the sun to its setting The name of the LORD is to be praised [with awe-inspired reverence].

⁴The LORD is high above all nations, And His glory above the heavens.

⁵Who is like the LORD our God, Who is enthroned on high,

⁶Who humbles Himself to regard The heavens and the earth?

⁷He raises the poor out of the dust And lifts the needy from the ash heap,

⁸That He may seat them with princes, With the princes of His people.

⁹He makes the barren woman live in the house As a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

¹When Israel came out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

²Judah became His sanctuary, And Israel His dominion.

³The [Red] Sea looked and fled; The Jordan turned back.

⁴The mountains leaped like rams, The [little] hills, like lambs.

⁵What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?

⁶O mountains, that you leap like rams, O [little] hills, like lambs?

⁷Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob (Israel),

⁸Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of water.

¹Not to us, O LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth and faithfulness.

²Why should the nations say, "Where, now, is their God?"

³But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.

⁴The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold, The work of man's hands.

⁵They have mouths, but they cannot speak; They have eyes, but they cannot see;

⁶They have ears, but they cannot hear; They have noses, but they cannot smell;

⁷They have hands, but they cannot feel; They have feet, but they cannot walk; Nor can they make a sound with their throats.

⁸Those who make them will become like them, Everyone who trusts in them.

⁹O Israel, trust and take refuge in the LORD! [Be confident in Him, cling to Him, rely on His word!] He is their help and their shield.

¹⁰O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD; He is their help and their shield.

¹¹You who [reverently] fear the LORD, trust in LORD; He is their help and their shield.

¹²The LORD has been mindful of us; He will bless, He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron.

¹³He will bless those who fear and worship the LORD [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder], Both the small and the great.

¹⁴May the LORD give you [great] increase, You and your children.

¹⁵May you be blessed of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.

¹⁶The heavens are the heavens of the LORD, But the earth He has given to the children of men.

¹⁷The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor do any who go down into silence;

¹⁸But as for us, we will bless and affectionately and gratefully praise the LORD From this time forth and forever. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

¹I love the LORD, because He hears [and continues to hear] My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs).

²Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call on Him as long as I live.

³The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me, And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.

⁴Then I called on the name of the LORD: "O LORD, please save my life!"

⁵Gracious is the LORD, and [consistently] righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate.

⁶The LORD protects the simple (childlike); I was brought low [humbled and discouraged], and He saved me.

⁷Return to your rest, O my soul, For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

⁸For You have rescued my life from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from stumbling and falling.

⁹I will walk [in submissive wonder] before the LORD In the land of the living.

¹⁰I believed [and clung to my God] when I said, "I am greatly afflicted."

¹¹I said in my alarm, "All men are liars."

¹²What will I give to the LORD [in return] For all His benefits toward me? [How can I repay Him for His precious blessings?]

¹³I will lift up the cup of salvation And call on the name of the LORD.

¹⁴I will pay my vows to the LORD, Yes, in the presence of all His people.

¹⁵Precious [and of great consequence] in the sight of the LORD Is the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].

¹⁶O LORD, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid; You have unfastened my chains.

¹⁷I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call on the name of the LORD.

¹⁸I will pay my vows to the LORD, Yes, in the presence of all His people,

¹⁹In the courts of the Lord's house (temple)— In the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

¹O praise the LORD, all you nations! Praise Him, all you people!

²For His lovingkindness prevails over us [and we triumph and overcome through Him], And the truth of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

¹O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness endures forever.

²Oh let Israel say, "His lovingkindness endures forever."

³Oh let the house of Aaron say, "His lovingkindness endures forever."

⁴Oh let those who [reverently] fear the LORD, say, "His lovingkindness endures forever."

⁵Out of my distress I called on the LORD; The LORD answered me and set me free.

⁶The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can [mere] man do to me?

⁷The LORD is on my side, He is among those who help me; Therefore I will look [in triumph] on those who hate me.

⁸It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in man.

⁹It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in princes.

¹⁰All nations encompassed me; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off.

¹¹They encompassed me, yes, they surrounded me [on every side]; In the name of the LORD I will cut them off.

¹²They swarmed around me like bees; They flare up and are extinguished like a fire of thorns; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off.

¹³You [my enemy] pushed me violently so that I was falling, But the LORD helped me.

¹⁴The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.

¹⁵The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.

¹⁶The right hand of the LORD is exalted; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.

¹⁷I will not die, but live, And declare the works and recount the illustrious acts of the LORD.

¹⁸The LORD has disciplined me severely, But He has not given me over to death.

¹⁹Open to me the [temple] gates of righteousness; I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the LORD.

²⁰This is the gate of the LORD; The righteous will enter through it.

²¹I will give thanks to You, for You have heard and answered me; And You have become my salvation [my Rescuer, my Savior].

²²The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief corner stone.

²³This is from the LORD and is His doing; It is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴This [day in which God has saved me] is the day which the LORD has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵O LORD, save now, we beseech You; O LORD, we beseech You, send now prosperity and give us success!

²⁶Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD; We have blessed you from the house of the LORD [you who come into His sanctuary under His guardianship].

²⁷The LORD is God, and He has given us light [illuminating us with His grace and freedom and joy]. Bind the festival sacrifices with cords to the horns of the altar.

²⁸You are my God, and I give thanks to You; [You are] my God, I extol You.

²⁹O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness endures forever.