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- Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.
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- Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.
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- Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy!
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- For the word of Yahweh is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.
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- He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh.
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- By Yahweh's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.
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- He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
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- Let all the earth fear Yahweh. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
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- For he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood firm.
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- Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
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- The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
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- Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
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- Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.
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- From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
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- he who fashions all of their hearts; and he considers all of their works.
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- There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
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- A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power.
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- Behold, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness;
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- to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine.
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- Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.
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- For our heart rejoices in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
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- Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you. {}
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