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House of Israel, praise Yahweh! House of Aaron, praise Yahweh!

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House of Levi, praise Yahweh! You who fear Yahweh, praise Yahweh!

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Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Yah!

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Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.

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Give thanks to the God of gods; for his loving kindness endures forever.

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Give thanks to the Lord of lords; for his loving kindness endures forever:

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To him who alone does great wonders; for his loving kindness endures forever:

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To him who by understanding made the heavens; for his loving kindness endures forever:

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To him who spread out the earth above the waters; for his loving kindness endures forever:

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To him who made the great lights; for his loving kindness endures forever:

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The sun to rule by day; for his loving kindness endures forever;

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The moon and stars to rule by night; for his loving kindness endures forever:

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To him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn; for his loving kindness endures forever;

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And brought out Israel from among them; for his loving kindness endures forever;

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With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; for his loving kindness endures forever:

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To him who divided the Red Sea apart; for his loving kindness endures forever;

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And made Israel to pass through its midst; for his loving kindness endures forever;

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But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea; for his loving kindness endures forever:

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To him who led his people through the wilderness; for his loving kindness endures forever:

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To him who struck great kings; for his loving kindness endures forever;

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And killed mighty kings; for his loving kindness endures forever:

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Sihon king of the Amorites; for his loving kindness endures forever;

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Og king of Bashan; for his loving kindness endures forever;

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And gave their land as an inheritance; for his loving kindness endures forever;

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Even a heritage to Israel his servant; for his loving kindness endures forever:

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Who remembered us in our low estate; for his loving kindness endures forever;

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And has delivered us from our adversaries; for his loving kindness endures forever:

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Who gives food to every creature; for his loving kindness endures forever.

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Oh give thanks to the God of heaven; for his loving kindness endures forever.

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By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

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On the willows in its midst, we hung up our harps.

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For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

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How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?

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If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

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Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you; if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

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Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, “Raze it! Raze it even to its foundation!”

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Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who rewards you, as you have served us.

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Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.

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By David.

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I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.

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I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.

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In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.

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All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they have heard the words of your mouth.

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Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh; for great is Yahweh’s glory.

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For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.

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Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me.

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Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands. For the Chief Musician.

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A Psalm by David.

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Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.

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You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

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You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

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For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.

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You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.

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This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.

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Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?

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If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!

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If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;

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Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

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If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;”

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even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.

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For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

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I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

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My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.

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Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

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How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!

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If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.

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If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

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For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.

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Yahweh, don’t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?

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I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.

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Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

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See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.

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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

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Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;

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those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

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They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.

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Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

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The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.

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I said to Yahweh, “You are my God.” Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.

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Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

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Yahweh, don’t grant the desires of the wicked. Don’t let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.

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As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

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Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise.

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An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

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I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

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Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name. The upright will dwell in your presence.

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A Psalm by David.

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Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.

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Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

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Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

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Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.

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Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

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Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.

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“As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”

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For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don’t leave my soul destitute.

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Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

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Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by.

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A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.

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I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.

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I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.