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Praise for God's Mighty Deeds and for His Answer to Prayer.

^1 (C1)Shout joyfully to God, all the earth;

² Sing the ^(C1)glory of His name;
Make His ^(C2)praise glorious.

³ Say to God, "How ^(C1)awesome are Your works!
Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will ^(C2)pretend to obey You.

⁴ "^(C1)All the earth will worship You,
And will ^(C2)sing praises to You;
They will sing praises to Your name." Selah

^5 (C1)Come and see the works of God,
Who is ^(C2)awesome in His deeds toward the sons of mankind.

⁶ He ^(C1)turned the sea into dry land;
They passed through ^(C2)the river on foot;
Let's ^(C3)rejoice there, in Him!

⁷ He ^(C1)rules by His might forever;
His ^(C2)eyes keep watch on the nations;
The rebellious shall not ^(C3)exalt themselves! Selah

⁸ Bless our God, you peoples,
And ^(F1)(C1)sound His praise abroad,

⁹ Who ^(F1)(C1)keeps us in life,
And ^(C2)does not allow our feet to ^(F2)slip.

¹⁰ For You have ^(C1)put us to the test, God;
You have ^(C2)refined us as silver is refined.

¹¹ You ^(C1)brought us into the net;
You laid an oppressive burden upon ^(F1)us.

¹² You made men ^(C1)ride over our heads;
We went through ^(C2)fire and through water.
Yet You ^(C3)brought us out into a place of abundance.

¹³ I shall ^(C1)come into Your house with burnt offerings;
I shall ^(C2)pay You my vows,

¹⁴ Which my lips uttered
And my mouth spoke when I was ^(C1)in distress.

¹⁵ I shall ^(C1)offer to You burnt offerings of fat animals,
With the smoke of ^(C2)rams;
I shall make an offering of ^(F1)bulls with male goats. Selah

^16 (C1)Come and hear, all who ^(F1)fear God,
And I will ^(C2)tell of what He has done for my soul.

¹⁷ I cried to Him with my mouth,
And ^(F1)He was ^(C1)exalted with my tongue.

¹⁸ If I ^(F1)(C1)regard wickedness in my heart,
The ^(C2)Lord will not hear;

¹⁹ But ^(C1)God has heard;
He has given attention to the sound of my prayer.

^20 (C1)Blessed be God,
Who ^(C2)has not turned away my prayer
Nor His favor from me.