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¹Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD!

²Lift up your hands to the holy place, and bless the LORD.

³May the LORD, maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.

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

²you that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.

³Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing to his name, for he is gracious.

⁴For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession.

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

⁶Whatever the LORD pleases he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.

⁷He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

⁸He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both human beings and animals;

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

¹⁰He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings —

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

¹²and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to his people Israel.

¹³Your name, O LORD, endures forever, your renown, O LORD, throughout all ages.

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

¹⁵The idols of the nations are 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, and there is no breath in their mouths.

¹⁸Those who make them and all who trust them shall become like them.

¹⁹O house of Israel, bless the LORD! O house of Aaron, bless the LORD!

²⁰O house of Levi, bless the LORD! You that fear the LORD, bless the LORD!

²¹Blessed be the LORD from Zion, he who resides in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

¹O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

²O give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever.

³O give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁴who alone does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁵who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁶who spread out the earth on the waters, for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁷who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁸the sun to rule over the day, for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁹the moon and stars to rule over the night, for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁰who struck Egypt through their firstborn, for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹¹and brought Israel out from among them, for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹²with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹³who divided the Red Sea in two, for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁴and made Israel pass through the midst of it, for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁵but overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁶who led his people through the wilderness, for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁷who struck down great kings, for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁸and killed famous kings, for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁹Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his steadfast love endures forever;

²⁰and Og, king of Bashan, for his steadfast love endures forever;

²¹and gave their land as a heritage, for his steadfast love endures forever;

²²a heritage to his servant Israel, for his steadfast love endures forever.

²³It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures forever;

²⁴and rescued us from our foes, for his steadfast love endures forever;

²⁵who gives food to all flesh, for his steadfast love endures forever.

²⁶O give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.

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

²On the willows there we hung up our harps.

³For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

⁴How could we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?

⁵If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither!

⁶Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy.

⁷Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem’s fall, how they said, “Tear it down! Tear it down! Down to its foundations!”

⁸O daughter Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall they be who pay you back what you have done to us!

⁹Happy shall they be who take your little ones and dash them against the rock!

¹I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;

²I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness; for you have exalted your name and your word above everything.

³On the day I called, you answered me, you increased my strength of soul.

⁴All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth.

⁵They shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD.

⁶For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly; but the haughty he perceives from far away.

⁷Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies; you stretch out your hand, and your right hand delivers me.

⁸The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.

¹O LORD, you have searched me and known me.

²You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away.

³You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

⁴Even before a word is on my tongue, O LORD, you know it completely.

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

⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain 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, you are there.

⁹If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,

¹⁰even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast.

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

¹²even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you.

¹³For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.

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

¹⁶Your eyes beheld my unformed substance. In your book were written all the days that were formed for me, when none of them as yet existed.

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

¹⁸I try to count them — they are more than the sand; I come to the end — I am still with you.

¹⁹O that you would kill the wicked, O God, and that the bloodthirsty would depart from me —

²⁰those who speak of you maliciously, and lift themselves up against you for evil!

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

²²I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.

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

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

¹Deliver me, O LORD, from evildoers; protect me from those who are violent,

²who plan evil things in their minds and stir up wars continually.

³They make their tongue sharp as a snake’s, and under their lips is the venom of vipers. Selah

⁴Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from the violent who have planned my downfall.

⁵The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, along the road they have set snares for me. Selah

⁶I say to the LORD, “You are my God; give ear, O LORD, to the voice of my supplications.”

⁷O LORD, my Lord, my strong deliverer, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

⁸Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot. Selah

⁹Those who surround me lift up their heads; let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

¹⁰Let burning coals fall on them! Let them be flung into pits, no more to rise!

¹¹Do not let the slanderer be established in the land; let evil speedily hunt down the violent!

¹²I know that the LORD maintains the cause of the needy, and executes justice for the poor.

¹³Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall live in your presence.