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¹A song of ascents. Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD.

²Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD.

³May the LORD bless you from Zion, he who is the Maker of heaven and earth.

¹Praise the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD; praise him, you servants of the LORD,

²you who minister in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.

³Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.

⁴For the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession.

⁵I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods.

⁶The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths.

⁷He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

⁸He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of people and animals.

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

¹⁰He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings—

¹¹Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan—

¹²and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel.

¹³Your name, LORD, endures forever, your renown, LORD, through all generations.

¹⁴For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.

¹⁵The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands.

¹⁶They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.

¹⁷They have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths.

¹⁸Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.

¹⁹All you Israelites, praise the LORD; house of Aaron, praise the LORD;

²⁰house of Levi, praise the LORD; you who fear him, praise the LORD.

²¹Praise be to the LORD from Zion, to him who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD.

¹Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever.

²Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever.

³Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever.

⁴to him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever.

⁵who by his understanding made the heavens, His love endures forever.

⁶who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever.

⁷who made the great lights— His love endures forever.

⁸the sun to govern the day, His love endures forever.

⁹the moon and stars to govern the night; His love endures forever.

¹⁰to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt His love endures forever.

¹¹and brought Israel out from among them His love endures forever.

¹²with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever.

¹³to him who divided the Red Sea asunder His love endures forever.

¹⁴and brought Israel through the midst of it, His love endures forever.

¹⁵but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea; His love endures forever.

¹⁶to him who led his people through the wilderness; His love endures forever.

¹⁷to him who struck down great kings, His love endures forever.

¹⁸and killed mighty kings— His love endures forever.

¹⁹Sihon king of the Amorites His love endures forever.

²⁰and Og king of Bashan— His love endures forever.

²¹and gave their land as an inheritance, His love endures forever.

²²an inheritance to his servant Israel. His love endures forever.

²³He remembered us in our low estate His love endures forever.

²⁴and freed us from our enemies. His love endures forever.

²⁵He gives food to every creature. His love endures forever.

²⁶Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever.

¹By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

²There on the poplars we hung our harps,

³for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

⁴How can we sing the songs of the LORD while 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 consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

⁷Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. “Tear it down,” they cried, “tear it down to its foundations!”

⁸Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.

⁹Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

¹Of David. I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart; before the “gods” I will sing your praise.

²I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame.

³When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me.

⁴May all the kings of the earth praise you, LORD, when they hear what you have decreed.

⁵May they sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great.

⁶Though the LORD is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar.

⁷Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.

⁸The LORD will vindicate me; your love, LORD, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.

¹For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.

²You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.

³You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.

⁴Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely.

⁵You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.

⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

⁷Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?

⁸If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

⁹If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,

¹⁰even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

¹¹If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”

¹²even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

¹³For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

¹⁵My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

¹⁶Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

¹⁷How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!

¹⁸Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.

¹⁹If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!

²⁰They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.

²¹Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?

²²I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.

²³Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

²⁴See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

¹For the director of music. A psalm of David. Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent,

²who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.

³They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips.

⁴Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent, who devise ways to trip my feet.

⁵The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.

⁶I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, LORD, my cry for mercy.

⁷Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.

⁸Do not grant the wicked their desires, LORD; do not let their plans succeed.

⁹Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them.

¹⁰May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.

¹¹May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent.

¹²I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.

¹³Surely the righteous will praise your name, and the upright will live in your presence.