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¹ MAKE a joyful noise unto God, all lands.² Sing the honor of his name; sing the honor of his majesty.³ Say unto God, How wonderful are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.⁴ All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thy name; they shall glorify thy name forever.⁵ They shall say, Come and see the works of God; for his wonders are great toward the children of men.⁶ He turns the sea into dry land: they crossed through the river on foot; there did we rejoice in him.⁷ He rules by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations; let not the rebellious exalt themselves.

⁸ O bless our God, you people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard,⁹ Who holds our soul in life, and suffers not our feet to be moved.¹⁰ For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us as silver is tried.¹¹ Thou didst bring us into the net; thou didst lay affliction upon our loins.¹² Thou hast caused us to be in servitude; we went through fire and through water; finally thou didst bring us out into a comfortable place.

¹³ I will go into thy house with gifts; I will pay thee my vows.¹⁴ Which my lips have uttered and my mouth has spoken when I was in trouble.¹⁵ I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the savour of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats.¹⁶ Come and hear, all you servants of God, and I will declare what he has done for my soul.¹⁷ I cried to him with my mouth, and he has answered me; I extolled him with my tongue.¹⁸ If thou behold iniquity in my heart, O LORD, deliver me not.¹⁹ But verily God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.²⁰ Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer nor turned his mercy from me.