1 Heb.

Hallelujah.

To all that call upon him in truth.

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; 19
He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
The LORD preserveth all them that love him;
But all the wicked will he destroy.

20

My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD; 21
And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever

and ever.

'Praise ye the LORD.

Praise the LORD, O my soul.

While I live will I praise the LORD:

I will sing praises unto my God while I have
any being.

Put not your trust in princes,

Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no
help.

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3

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his 4
earth;

2 Or, purposes In that very day his 'thoughts perish.

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his 5
help,

Whose hope is in the LORD his God:

Which made heaven and earth,

The sea, and all that in them is ;

Which keepeth truth for ever:

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Which executeth judgement for the oppressed; 7
Which giveth food to the hungry :

The LORD looseth the prisoners;

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind;

The LORD raiseth up them that are bowed
down;

The LORD loveth the righteous;

The LORD preserveth the strangers;

He upholdeth the fatherless and widow ;

Or, maketh But the way of the wicked he turneth upside

crooked

down.

The LORD shall reign for ever,

8

1

Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations.

1 Praise the LORD.

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ye

ye the LORD

*For it is good to sing praises unto our God;
For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem;

He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. 3 He healeth the broken in heart,

And bindeth up their 'wounds.

He telleth the number of the stars;
He giveth them all their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;
His understanding is infinite.

6 The LORD upholdeth the meek :

He bringeth the wicked down to the ground. 7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving;

Sing praises upon the harp unto our God: 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth,

Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. 9 He giveth to the beast his food,

And to the young ravens which cry.

10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse:
He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.

II The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him,
In those that hope in his mercy.

12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem;

Praise thy God, O Zion.

13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy

gates;

He hath blessed thy children within thee.

14 'He maketh peace in thy borders;

He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

1 Heb. Hallelujah.

2 Or, For he is good: sing praises unto our God, for he is gracious

3 Heb.

sorrows.

4 Heb. He maketh thy border peace.

15 He sendeth out his commandment upon earth; Heb. fat

His word runneth very swiftly.

16 He giveth snow like wool;

He scattereth the hoar frost like ashes.

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of wheat.

1 Heb. Hallelujah.

He casteth forth his ice like morsels :

Who can stand before his cold?

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18

He sendeth out his word, and melteth them:
He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters
flow.

He sheweth his word unto Jacob,

His statutes and his judgements unto Israel.
He hath not dealt so with any nation :

And as for his judgements, they have not known
them.

'Praise ye the LORD.

'Praise ye the LORD.

Praise ye the LORD from the heavens:
Praise him in the heights.

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2 Or, which none shall transgress

3 Or,

sea-monsters

Or,

waterspouts

He hath made a decree 'which shall not pass

Old men and children :

13 Let them praise the name of the LORD; For his name alone is exalted:

His glory is above the earth and heaven.

14 And he hath lifted up 'the horn of his people, The praise of all his saints;

2

Even of the children of Israel, a people near

unto him.

Praise ye the LORD.

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Sing unto the LORD a new song,

And his praise in the assembly of the saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him :
Let the children of Zion be joyful in their
King.

3 Let them praise his name in the dance :

Let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel
and harp.

4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people:
He will beautify the meek with 'salvation.

Let the saints exult in glory :

Let them sing for joy upon their beds.

1 Or, a horn for his people, a praise for all his saints; even for &c.

2 Heb. Hallelujah.

3 Or, victory

4

6 Let the high praises of God be in their 'mouth, Heb. throat.
And a two-edged sword in their hand;

7 To execute vengeance upon the nations,
And punishments upon the peoples;

8 To bind their kings with chains,

And their nobles with fetters of iron;

9 To execute upon them the judgement written :

"This honour have all his saints.

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Praise God in his sanctuary:

Praise him in the firmament of his power.

2 Praise him for his mighty acts:

Praise him according to his excellent greatness.

5 Or, He is the honour of all his saints

1 Heb. Jah.

2 Heb. Hallelujah.

3

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet:
Praise him with the psaltery and harp.
Praise him with the timbrel and dance:
Praise him with stringed instruments and the
pipe.

Praise him upon the loud cymbals :

Praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

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Let every thing that hath breath praise 'the 6
LORD.

2 Praise ye the LORD.