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¹Behold, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, Who serve by night in the house of the LORD!

²Lift up your hands to the sanctuary And bless the LORD.

³May the LORD bless you from Zion, He who made heaven and earth.

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

²You who stand in the house of the LORD, In the courtyards of the house of our God!

³Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; Sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.

⁴For the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel as His own possession.

⁵For I know that the LORD is great And that our Lord is above all gods.

⁶Whatever the LORD pleases, He does, In heaven and on earth, in the seas and in all the ocean depths.

⁷He causes the mist to ascend from the ends of the earth, He makes lightning for the rain; He brings forth the wind from His treasuries.

⁸He struck the firstborn of Egypt, Both human firstborn and animal.

⁹He sent signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt, Upon Pharaoh and all his servants.

¹⁰He struck many nations And brought death to mighty kings,

¹¹Sihon, king of the Amorites, Og, king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan;

¹²And He gave their land as an inheritance, An inheritance to His people Israel.

¹³Your name, LORD, is everlasting, The mention of You, LORD, is throughout all generations.

¹⁴For the LORD will judge His people And will have compassion on His servants.

¹⁵The idols of the nations are nothing but silver and gold, The work of human hands.

¹⁶They have mouths, but they do not speak; They have eyes, but they do not see;

¹⁷They have ears, but they do not hear, Nor is there any breath at all in their mouths.

¹⁸Those who make them will become like them, Yes, everyone who trusts in them.

¹⁹House of Israel, bless the LORD; House of Aaron, bless the LORD;

²⁰House of Levi, bless the LORD; You who revere the LORD, bless the LORD.

²¹Blessed be the LORD from Zion, Who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

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

²Give thanks to the God of gods, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

³Give thanks to the Lord of lords, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

⁴To Him who alone does great wonders, For His faithfulness is everlasting;

⁵To Him who made the heavens with skill, For His faithfulness is everlasting;

⁶To Him who spread out the earth above the waters, For His faithfulness is everlasting;

⁷To Him who made the great lights, For His faithfulness is everlasting:

⁸The sun to rule by day, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

⁹The moon and stars to rule by night, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

¹⁰To Him who struck the Egyptians, that is, their firstborn, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

¹¹And brought Israel out from their midst, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

¹²With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

¹³To Him who divided the Red Sea in parts, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

¹⁴And allowed Israel to pass through the midst of it, For His faithfulness is everlasting;

¹⁵But He overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

¹⁶To Him who led His people through the wilderness, For His faithfulness is everlasting;

¹⁷To Him who struck great kings, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

¹⁸And brought death to mighty kings, For His faithfulness is everlasting:

¹⁹Sihon, king of the Amorites, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

²⁰And Og, king of Bashan, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

²¹And gave their land as an inheritance, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

²²An inheritance to His servant Israel, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

²³Who remembered us in our lowliness, For His faithfulness is everlasting,

²⁴And has rescued us from our enemies, For His faithfulness is everlasting;

²⁵Who gives food to all flesh, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

²⁶Give thanks to the God of heaven, For His faithfulness is everlasting.

¹By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion.

²Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps.

³For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors, jubilation, saying, “Sing for us one of the songs of Zion!”

⁴How can we sing the LORD’S song In a foreign land?

⁵If I forget you, Jerusalem, May my right hand forget its skill.

⁶May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

⁷Remember, LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Those who said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare To its foundation!”

⁸Daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, Blessed will be one who repays you With the retribution with which you have repaid us.

⁹Blessed will be one who seizes and dashes your children Against the rock.

¹I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing Your praises before the gods.

²I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your mercy and Your truth; For You have made Your word great according to all Your name.

³On the day I called, You answered me; You made me bold with strength in my soul.

⁴All the kings of the earth will give thanks to You, LORD, When they have heard the words of Your mouth.

⁵And they will sing of the ways of the LORD, For great is the glory of the LORD.

⁶For the LORD is exalted, Yet He looks after the lowly, But He knows the haughty from afar.

⁷Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will reach out with Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.

⁸The LORD will accomplish what concerns me; Your faithfulness, LORD, is everlasting; Do not abandon the works of Your hands.

¹LORD, You have searched me and known me.

²You know when I sit down and when I get up; You understand my thought from far away.

³You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.

⁴Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, LORD, You know it all.

⁵You have encircled me behind and in front, And placed Your hand upon me.

⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot comprehend it.

⁷Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?

⁸If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

⁹If I take up the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

¹⁰Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will take hold of me.

¹¹If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,”

¹²Even darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.

¹³For You created my innermost parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴I will give thanks to You, because I am awesomely and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.

¹⁵My frame was not hidden from You When I was made in secret, And skillfully formed in the depths of the earth;

¹⁶Your eyes have seen my formless substance; And in Your book were written All the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.

¹⁷How precious also are Your thoughts for me, God! How vast is the sum of them!

¹⁸Were I to count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.

¹⁹If only You would put the wicked to death, God; Leave me, you men of bloodshed.

²⁰For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain.

²¹Do I not hate those who hate You, LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

²²I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.

²³Search me, God, and know my heart; Put me to the test and know my anxious thoughts;

²⁴And see if there is any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.

¹Rescue me, LORD, from evil people; Protect me from violent men

²Who devise evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars.

³They sharpen their tongues like a snake; The venom of a viper is under their lips. Selah

⁴Keep me, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Protect me from violent men Who intend to trip up my feet.

⁵The proud have hidden a trap for me, and snares; They have spread a net at the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah

⁶I said to the LORD, “You are my God; Listen, LORD, to the sound of my pleadings.

⁷GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head on the day of battle.

⁸Do not grant, LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not bring about his evil planning, so that they are not exalted. Selah

⁹“As for the head of those who surround me, May the harm of their lips cover them.

¹⁰May burning coals fall upon them; May they be cast into the fire, Into bottomless pits from which they cannot rise.

¹¹May a slanderer not endure on the earth; May evil hunt a violent person violently.”

¹²I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the poor.

¹³Certainly the righteous will give thanks to Your name; The upright will dwell in Your presence.