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^1 (a)Praise the Lord!
Praise the name of the Lord,
    give praise, O ^(b)servants of the Lord,
² who ^(c)stand in the house of the Lord,
    in ^(d)the courts of the house of our God!
³ Praise the Lord, for ^(e)the Lord is good;
    sing to his name, ^(f)for it is pleasant!^[a]
4 For the Lord has ^(g)chosen Jacob for himself,
    Israel as his ^(h)own possession.

⁵ For I know that ⁽ⁱ⁾the Lord is great,
    and that our Lord is above all gods.
^6 (j)Whatever the Lord pleases, he does,
    in heaven and on earth,
    in the seas and all deeps.
^7 (k)He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,
    who ^(l)makes lightnings for the rain
    and brings forth the wind from his ^(m)storehouses.

⁸ He it was who ⁽ⁿ⁾struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
    both of man and of beast;
⁹ who in your midst, O Egypt,
    sent ^(o)signs and wonders
    against Pharaoh and all his servants;
^10 (p)who struck down many nations
    and killed mighty kings,
^11 (q)Sihon, king of the Amorites,
    and ^(r)Og, king of Bashan,
    and ^(s)all the kingdoms of Canaan,
¹² and ^(t)gave their land as a heritage,
    a heritage to his people Israel.

^13 (u)Your name, O Lord, endures forever,
    ^(v)your renown,^[b] O Lord, throughout all ages.
^14 (w)For the Lord will vindicate his people
    and ^(x)have compassion on his servants.

^15 (y)The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
    the work of human hands.
¹⁶ They have mouths, but do not speak;
    they have eyes, but do not see;
¹⁷ they have ears, but do not hear,
    nor is there any breath in their mouths.
¹⁸ Those who make them become like them,
    so do all who trust in them.

^19 (z)O house of Israel, bless the Lord!
    O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
²⁰ O house of Levi, bless the Lord!
    You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
²¹ Blessed be the Lord ^(aa)from Zion,
    he who ^(ab)dwells in Jerusalem!
^(ac)Praise the Lord!