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¹Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commandments!

²His offspring will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.

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

⁴Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.

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

⁶For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.

⁷He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.

⁸His heart is steady; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.

⁹He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.

¹⁰The wicked man sees it and is angry; he gnashes his teeth and melts away; the desire of the wicked will perish!

¹Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD!

²Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forevermore!

³From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised!

⁴The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens!

⁵Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high,

⁶who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?

⁷He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap,

⁸to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.

⁹He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the LORD!

¹When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

²Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

³The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back.

⁴The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

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

⁶O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs?

⁷Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

⁸who turns the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of water.

¹Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

²Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”

³Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.

⁴Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

⁵They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.

⁶They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell.

⁷They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat.

⁸Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.

⁹O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.

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

¹¹You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.

¹²The LORD has remembered us; he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;

¹³he will bless those who fear the LORD, both the small and the great.

¹⁴May the LORD give you increase, you and your children!

¹⁵May you be blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth!

¹⁶The heavens are the LORD's heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man.

¹⁷The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any who go down into silence.

¹⁸But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the LORD!

¹I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.

²Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

³The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

⁴Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul!”

⁵Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.

⁶The LORD preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.

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

⁸For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;

⁹I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

¹⁰I believed, even when I spoke: “I am greatly afflicted”;

¹¹I said in my alarm, “All mankind are liars.”

¹²What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits to me?

¹³I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD,

¹⁴I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.

¹⁵Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

¹⁶O LORD, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds.

¹⁷I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.

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

¹⁹in the courts of the house of the LORD, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

¹Praise the LORD, all nations! Extol him, all peoples!

²For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD!

¹Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

²Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”

³Let the house of Aaron say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”

⁴Let those who fear the LORD say, “His steadfast love 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 man do to me?

⁷The LORD is on my side as my helper; I shall 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 surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!

¹¹They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!

¹²They surrounded me like bees; they went out like a fire among thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!

¹³I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the LORD helped me.

¹⁴The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

¹⁵Glad songs of salvation are in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD does valiantly,

¹⁶the right hand of the LORD exalts, the right hand of the LORD does valiantly!”

¹⁷I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD.

¹⁸The LORD has disciplined me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.

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

²¹I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.

²²The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

²³This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵Save us, we pray, O LORD! O LORD, we pray, give us success!

²⁶Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD.

²⁷The LORD is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar!

²⁸You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you.

²⁹Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!