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Praise the Lord! For ait is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is bbecoming.
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The Lord abuilds up Jerusalem; He bgathers the outcasts of Israel.
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He heals the abrokenhearted And bbinds up their wounds.
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He acounts the number of the stars; He bgives names to all of them.
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aGreat is our Lord and abundant in strength; His bunderstanding is infinite.
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The Lord asupports the afflicted; He brings down the wicked to the ground.
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aSing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre,
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Who acovers the heavens with clouds, Who bprovides rain for the earth, Who cmakes grass to grow on the mountains.
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He agives to the beast its food, And to the byoung ravens which cry.
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He does not delight in the strength of the ahorse; He bdoes not take pleasure in the legs of a man.
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The Lord afavors those who fear Him, bThose who wait for His lovingkindness.
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Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!
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For He has strengthened the abars of your gates; He has bblessed your sons within you.
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He amakes peace in your borders; He bsatisfies you with cthe finest of the wheat.
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He sends forth His acommand to the earth; His bword runs very swiftly.
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He gives asnow like wool; He scatters the bfrost like ashes.
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He casts forth His aice as fragments; Who can stand before His bcold?
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He asends forth His word and melts them; He bcauses His wind to blow and the waters to flow.
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He adeclares His words to Jacob, His bstatutes and His ordinances to Israel.
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He ahas not dealt thus with any nation; And as for His ordinances, they have bnot known them. Praise the Lord!
Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1960,1962,1963,1968,1971,1972,1973,1975,1977,1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.
