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To the Overseer. -- A Song, a Psalm. Shout ye to God, all the earth. |
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Praise ye the honour of His name, Make ye honourable His praise. |
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Say to God, `How fearful `are' Thy works, By the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee. |
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All the earth do bow to Thee, They sing praise to Thee, they praise Thy name.' Selah. |
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Come ye, and see the works of God, Fearful acts toward the sons of men. |
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He hath turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There do we rejoice in Him. |
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Ruling by His might to the age, His eyes among the nations do watch, The refractory exalt not themselves. Selah. |
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Bless, ye peoples, our God, And sound the voice of His praise, |
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Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved. |
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For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver. |
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Thou hast brought us into a net, Thou hast placed pressure on our loins. |
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Thou hast caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And Thou bringest us out to a watered place. |
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I enter Thy house with burnt-offerings, I complete to Thee my vows, |
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For opened were my lips, And my mouth spake in my distress: |
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`Burnt-offerings of fatlings I offer to Thee, With perfume of rams, I prepare a bullock with he-goats.' Selah. |
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Come, hear, all ye who fear God, And I recount what he did for my soul. |
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Unto Him `with' my mouth I have called, And exaltation `is' under my tongue. |
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Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear. |
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But God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. |
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Blessed `is' God, Who hath not turned aside my prayer, And His loving-kindness, from me! |