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¹Praise the LORD! Blessed is a person who fears the LORD, Who greatly delights in His commandments.

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

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

⁴Light shines in the darkness for the upright; He is gracious, compassionate, and righteous.

⁵It goes well for a person who is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment.

⁶For he will never be shaken; The righteous will be remembered forever.

⁷He will not fear bad news; His heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

⁸His heart is firm, he will not fear, But will look with satisfaction on his enemies.

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 vexed, He will gnash his teeth and melt away; The desire of the wicked will perish.

¹Praise the LORD! Praise Him, you servants of the LORD, Praise the name of the LORD.

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

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; His glory is above the heavens.

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

⁶Who looks far down to The heavens and the earth?

⁷He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the garbage heap,

⁸To seat them with noblemen, With the noblemen of His people.

⁹He has the infertile woman live in the house As a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!

¹When Israel went forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of a foreign language,

²Judah became His sanctuary; Israel, His dominion.

³The sea looked and fled; The Jordan turned back.

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

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

⁶Mountains, that you skip like rams? Hills, like lambs?

⁷Tremble, earth, before the Lord, Before the God of Jacob,

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

¹Not to us, LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory, Because of Your mercy, because of Your truth.

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

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

⁴Their idols are silver and gold, The work of human 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; They cannot make a sound with their throat.

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

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

¹⁰House 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 been mindful of 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, The small together with the great.

¹⁴May the LORD increase you, You and your children.

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

¹⁶The heavens are the heavens of the LORD, But the earth He has given to the sons of mankind.

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

¹⁸But as for us, we will bless the LORD From this time and forever. Praise the LORD!

¹I love the LORD, because He hears My voice and my pleas.

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

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

⁴Then I called upon the name of the LORD: “Please, LORD, save my life!”

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

⁶The LORD watches over the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.

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

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

⁹I shall walk before the LORD In the land of the living.

¹⁰I believed when I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”

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

¹²What shall I repay to the LORD For all His benefits to me?

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

¹⁴I will pay my vows to the LORD; May it be in the presence of all His people!

¹⁵Precious in the sight of the LORD Is the death of His godly ones.

¹⁶O LORD, I surely am Your slave, I am Your slave, the son of Your female slave, You have unfastened my restraints.

¹⁷I will offer You a sacrifice of thanksgiving, And call upon the name of the LORD.

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

¹⁹In the courtyards of the LORD’S house, In the midst of you, Jerusalem! Praise the LORD!

¹Praise the LORD, all nations; Sing His praises, all peoples!

²For His mercy toward us is great, And the truth of the LORD is everlasting. Praise the LORD!

¹Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His mercy is everlasting.

²Let Israel say, “His mercy is everlasting.”

³Oh let the house of Aaron say, “His mercy is everlasting.”

⁴Let those who fear the LORD say, “His mercy is everlasting.”

⁵From my distress I called upon the LORD; The LORD answered me and put me in an open space.

⁶The LORD is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me?

⁷The LORD is for me among those who help me; Therefore I will look with satisfaction on those who hate me.

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

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

¹⁰All nations surrounded me; In the name of the LORD I will certainly fend them off.

¹¹They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; In the name of the LORD I will certainly fend them off.

¹²They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished like a fire of thorn bushes; In the name of the LORD I will certainly fend them off.

¹³You 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 performs valiantly.

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

¹⁷I will not die, but live, And tell of the works of the LORD.

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

¹⁹Open the gates of righteousness to me; I will enter through them, I will 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 answered me, And You have become my salvation.

²²A stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.

²³This came about from the LORD; It is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day which the LORD has made; Let’s rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵Please, O LORD, do save us; Please, O LORD, do send prosperity!

²⁶Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD; We have blessed you from the house of the LORD.

²⁷The LORD is God, and He has given us light; Bind the festival sacrifice to the horns of the altar with cords.

²⁸You are my God, and I give thanks to You; You are my God, I exalt You.

²⁹Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His mercy is everlasting.