For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm.
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1Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
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2Sing to the glory of his name!
- Offer glory and praise!
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3Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds!
- Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.
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4All the earth will worship you,
- and will sing to you;
- they will sing to your name.”
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5Come, and see God’s deeds—
- awesome work on behalf of the children of men.
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6He turned the sea into dry land.
- They went through the river on foot.
- There, we rejoiced in him.
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7He rules by his might forever.
- His eyes watch the nations.
- Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him.
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8Praise our God, you peoples!
- Make the sound of his praise heard,
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9who preserves our life among the living,
- and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.
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10For you, God, have tested us.
- You have refined us, as silver is refined.
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11You brought us into prison.
- You laid a burden on our backs.
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12You allowed men to ride over our heads.
- We went through fire and through water,
- but you brought us to the place of abundance.
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13I will come into your temple with burnt offerings.
- I will pay my vows to you,
14which my lips promised,
- and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
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15I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals,
- with the offering of rams,
- I will offer bulls with goats.
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16Come, and hear, all you who fear God.
- I will declare what he has done for my soul.
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17I cried to him with my mouth.
- He was extolled with my tongue.
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18If I cherished sin in my heart,
- the Lord wouldn’t have listened.
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19But most certainly, God has listened.
- He has heard the voice of my prayer.
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20Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer,
- nor his loving kindness from me.