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¹ Praise the Lord!
    Praise the name of the Lord;
    give praise, O servants of the Lord,
² you that stand in the house of the Lord,
    in the courts of the house of our God.
³ Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;
    sing to his name, for he is gracious.
⁴ For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,
    Israel as his own possession.

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

⁸ He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
    both human beings and animals;
⁹ he sent signs and wonders
    into your midst, O Egypt,
    against Pharaoh and all his servants.
¹⁰ He struck down many nations
    and killed mighty kings—
¹¹ Sihon, king of the Amorites,
    and Og, king of Bashan,
    and all the kingdoms of Canaan—
¹² and gave their land as a heritage,
    a heritage to his people Israel.

¹³ Your name, O Lord, endures forever,
    your renown, O Lord, throughout all ages.
¹⁴ For the Lord will vindicate his people,
    and have compassion on his servants.

¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
    the work of human hands.
¹⁶ They have mouths, but they do not speak;
    they have eyes, but they do not see;
¹⁷ they have ears, but they do not hear,
    and there is no breath in their mouths.
¹⁸ Those who make them
    and all who trust them
    shall become like them.

¹⁹ O house of Israel, bless the Lord!
    O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
²⁰ O house of Levi, bless the Lord!
    You that fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
²¹ Blessed be the Lord from Zion,
    he who resides in Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!