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When the Lord restored the fortunes ′ of this ′ people: it ′ seemed · to us ′ like a ′ dream. |
2 |
Then our mouth was ′ filled with ′ laughter: and our tongues ′ uttered ′ shouts of ′ joy . |
3 |
Then they said a′mong the ′ nations: ‘The Lord has ′ done great ′ things for ′ them.’ |
4 |
Great things indeed the Lord has ′ done for ′ us: and ′ therefore ′ we are ′ glad. |
5 |
Restore again our ′ fortunes · O ′ Lord: as when streams re′fresh the ′ southern ′ dry-lands. |
6 |
Those who ′ sow in ′ tears: shall ′ reap with ′ shouts of ′ joy. |
7† |
Those who go out weeping with ′ seed for ′ sowing: shall come back in gladness ′‿ bringing · their ′ sheaves ′ with them. |
1 |
Unless the Lord ′ builds the ′ house: its builders ′ will have ′ laboured · in ′ vain. |
2 |
Unless the Lord watches ′ over · the ′ city: those who keep watch will ′ stay a′wake in ′ vain. |
3 |
In vain you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of ′ anxious ′ toil: for those whom the Lord ′ loves are ′ given ′ sleep. |
4 |
Truly children are a gift ′ from the ′ Lord: and offspring a re′ward from ′ God’s ′ hand. |
5 |
Like arrows in a ′ warri·or’s ′ hand: so indeed are the ′ children ′ of one’s ′ youth. |
6 |
Happy are those who have their ′ quiver ′ full of them: they will not be put to shame when they meet their ′ adver·saries ′ at the ′ gate. |
1 |
Blessèd are all those who ′ fear the ′ Lord: those who ′ walk in ′ God′s ′ ways. |
2 |
You shall eat the ′ fruit · of your ′ labours: and ′ you · shall be ′ happy · and ′ prosper. |
3 |
Your wife shall be like a ′ fruitful ′ vine: within the ′ walls of · your ′ house; |
4 |
your children like ′ slips of ′ olive: planted ′ round a′bout your ′ table. |
5† |
Thus shall all ′ those be ′ blessed: who fear the ′ Lord ′ in their ′ heart. |
6 |
May the Lord bless you from the ′ holy ′ city: may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem ′‿ all the ′ days of · your ′ life. |
7 |
May you live to see your ′ children′s ′ children: and upon ′ Israel ′ let there · be ′ peace. |
1 |
‘Much have they afflicted me from the ′ time · of my ′ youth′: may God′s ′ people ′ now ′ say, |
2 |
‘Much have they afflicted me ′ from my ′ youth: but they have ′ not pre′vailed a′gainst me. |
3 |
‘They scored my back as ′ with a ′ ploughshare: making ′ long their ′ furrows · up′on it.’ |
4 |
But the ′ Lord is ′ righteous: and has cut me ′ free · from the ′ yoke · of the ′ wicked. |
5 |
Let them be put to confusion and ′ driven ′ back: all those who are ′ enemies · of ′ God′s ′ people. |
6 |
Let them be like grass that ′ grows · on the ′ roof: which withers be′fore · it is ′ full ′ grown, |
7 |
which never fills a ′ reaper′s ′ hand: nor ′ yields a ′ sheaf · for the ′ harvester, |
8 |
so that passers-by will never say to them, ‘The blessing of the ′ Lord · be up′on you: we ′ bless you · in the ′ name · of the ′ Lord.’ |
1 |
Out of the depths have I called to′ you O ′ Lord: give ′ heed O ′ Lord · to my ′ cry. |
2 |
Let your ears con′sider ′ well: the ′ plea I ′ make for ′ mercy. |
3 |
If you should keep account of what is ′ done a′miss: who ′ then O ′ Lord could ′ stand? |
4 |
But there is for′giveness · with ′ you: therefore ′ you shall ′ be re′vered. |
5 |
I wait for you Lord with ′ all my ′ soul: and in your ′ word ′ is my ′ hope. |
6 |
My soul waits for ′ you O ′ Lord: more than those who watch by night‿ long for the morning, more I say than those who watch by night′‿ long ′ for the ′ morning. |
7 |
Wait in hope for the Lord, for with the Lord there is ′ love un′failing: and with the Lord ′ there is ′ ample · re′demption. |
8 |
The Lord ′ will re′deem you: from ′ all your ′ many ′ sins. |
1 |
O Lord my ′ heart is · not ′ proud: my ′ eyes · are not ′ raised too ′ high. |
2 |
I do not occupy myself with ′ matters · too ′ great for me: or with ′ marvels · that ′ are be′yond me. |
3 |
But I have stilled and made quiet my soul, like a weaned child nestling ′ to its ′ mother: so like a child, my ′ soul is ′ quieted · with′in me. |
4 |
O ′ trust · in the ′ Lord: from ′ this time ′ forth · and for ′ ever. |
1 |
O Lord re′member ′ David: and all the ′ hardships ′ he en′dured. |
2 |
How he swore an ′ oath · to the ′ Lord: and made a vow to the ′ Mighty ′ One of ′ Jacob, |
3 |
‘I will not enter the house ′ where I ′ live: nor will I climb ′ into · the ′ bed · where I ′ rest, |
4 | ‘I will not give ′ sleep · to my ′ eyes: or per′mit my ′ eyelids · to ′ droop, |
5 |
‘until I find a place ′ for the ′ Lord: a dwelling for the ′ Mighty ′ One of ′ Jacob.’ |
6 |
At Ephrathah we heard of the′ ark of ′ God: and we ′ found it · in the ′ region · of ′ Jearim. |
7 |
And we said, ‘Let us go into‿ the dwelling-place of the ′ Most ′ High: and kneel in ′ worship ′ at God′s ′ footstool.’ |
8 |
Arise O Lord and ′ enter · your ′ resting-place: you and the ′ ark ′ of your ′ strength. |
9 |
Let your priests be ′ clothed with ′ righteousness: and let your faithful ′ people · cry ′ out for ′ joy. |
10 |
For your servant ′ David′s ′ sake: do not re′ject · your an′ointed ′ king. |
11 |
The Lord made a sure ′ promise · to ′ David: a promise that will ′ never ′ be re′voked, |
12 |
‘A son, the ′ fruit · of your ′ body: I will ′ set up′on your ′ throne. |
13 |
‘If your sons keep my covenant, and obey the teaching ′ that I ′ give them: their descendants too shall sit on your‿ throne ′ in suc′cession · for ′ ever.’ |
14 |
For the Lord has ′ chosen · Je′rusalem: the Lord desired it ′ for a ′ home and ′ said, |
15† |
‘This is my ′ resting-place · for ′ ever: here I will dwell, for I ′ have · a de′light in ′ her. |
16 |
‘I will abundantly ′ bless · her pro′visions: and ′ satisfy · her ′ poor with ′ bread. |
17 |
‘I will clothe her ′ priests · with sal′vation: and her faithful ′ people · shall re′joice and ′ sing. |
18 |
‘There I will make a branch to spring‿ from the ′ stem of ′ David: and I have prepared a lamp for ′ my an′ointed ′ king. |
19 |
`His enemies I will ′ cover · with ′ shame: but on him the crown he ′ wears will ′ shed its ′ lustre.’ |
1 |
How good and pleasant a ′ thing it ′ is: when God′s people ′ live to′gether · in ′ unity. |
2 |
It is like the precious oil on Aaron′s head, which ran down ′ on to · his ′ beard: and over the ′ collar ′ of his ′ vestment. |
3 |
It is like the ′ dew of ′ Hermon: falling up′on the ′ hill of ′ Zion. |
4 |
For there the Lord ′ promised · the ′ blessing: which is ′ life for ′ ever′more. |
1 |
Come praise the Lord, all you ′ servants · of the ′ Lord: you that stand by ′ night in the ′ house of · the ′ Lord. |
2 |
Lift up your hands toward the ′ holy ′ place: and ′ bless the ′ Lord your ′ God. |
3 |
The Lord who made ′ heaven · and ′ earth: give you ′ blessing ′ out of ′ Zion. |
1 |
Whakamoemititia a Ihowā. / Praise the Lord. O praise the ′ name · of the ′ Lord: give praise O you ′ servants ′ of the ′ Lord, |
2 |
you that stand in the ′ house · of the ′ Lord: in the ′ temple ′ courts · of our ′ God. |
3 |
O praise the Lord, for the ′ Lord is ′ good: sing praises to the name of the ′‿ Lord · for the ′ Lord is ′ gracious. |
4 |
For you O God have chosen Jacob to ′ be your ′ own: and Israel ′ as your ′ special ′ treasure. |
5 |
For I know that you O ′ Lord are ′ great: and that ′ you · are a′bove all ′ gods. |
6 |
You do whatever you will in ′ heaven · and on ′ earth: in the sea ′ and in ′ all the ′ depths. |
7 |
You bring up the clouds from the ′ ends · of the ′ earth: you send lightning with the rain, and bring out the ′ wind ′ from your ′ storehouse. |
8 |
You struck down the ′ first-born · of ′ Egypt: both of ′ man and ′ also · of ′ beast. |
9 |
You worked signs and ′ wonders · in ′ Egypt: against ′ Pharaoh · and ′ all his ′ servants. |
10 |
You struck down ′ great ′ nations: and put to ′ death ′ mighty ′ kings, |
11 |
Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og the ′ king of ′ Bashan: and ′ all · who were ′ rulers · in ′ Canaan, |
12 |
and gave their ′ lands · as a ′ heritage: a ′ heritage for ′ Israel · your ′ people. |
13 |
Your name O Lord en′dures for ′ ever: the remembrance of you through′out all ′ gener′ations. |
14 |
You Lord will give your ′ people ′ justice: and have compassion ′ on your ′ servants. |
15 |
The gods of the heathen‿ are mere idols of ′ silver · and ′ gold: which are ′ made by ′ human ′ hands. |
16 |
They have mouths, but they ′ cannot ′ speak: they have ′ eyes · but they ′ cannot ′ see. |
17 |
They have ears, but they ′ cannot ′ hear: and there is no ′ breath ′ in their ′ nostrils. |
18 |
Those who make them ′ grow · to be ′ like them: and so do all who ′ put their ′ trust in ′ them. |
19 |
Praise the Lord O ′ house of ′ Israel: praise the ′ Lord O ′ house of ′ Aaron. |
20 |
Praise the Lord O ′ house of ′ Levi: you that stand in ′ awe ′ praise the ′ Lord. |
21 |
Praised be the Lord from the ′ holy ′ city: the Lord who dwells in Jerusalem. Whaka′moemi′titia · a ′ Ihowā. / O ′ praise ′ - the ′ Lord. |
1 |
O give thanks to the Lord,′ who is ′ gracious: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
2 |
Give thanks to the ′ God of ′ gods: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
3† |
Give thanks to the ′ Lord of ′ lords: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
4 |
The Lord alone ′ does great ′ wonders: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God′s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
5 |
The Lord by wisdom ′ made the ′ heavens: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
6 |
The Lord spread out the earth a′bove the ′ waters: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
7 |
The Lord made the ′ great ′ lights: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
8 |
the sun to rule ′ over · the ′ day: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
9 |
the moon and the stars to ′ govern · the ′ night: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
[10 |
The Lord struck down the ′ first-born · of ′ Egypt: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
11 |
and brought Israel ′ out · from a′mong them: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
12 |
with a mighty hand and ′ outstretched ′ arm: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
13 |
The Lord divided the Red ′ Sea in ′ two: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God′s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
14 |
and made Israel go ′ through the ′ midst of it: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
15 |
But as for Pharaoh and his host, the Lord flung them ′ into · the ′ sea: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
16 |
The Lord led the people ′ through the ′ desert: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
17 |
The Lord overthrew ′ mighty ′ kingdoms: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God′s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
18 |
and struck down ′ famous ′ kings: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
19 |
Sihon ′ king · of the ′ Amorites: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
20 |
and Og the ′ king of ′ Bashan: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
21 |
and gave their ′ land · as a ′ heritage: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
22 |
a heritage to Israel ′ God’s ′ servant: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
23 |
The Lord remembered us when we ′ were in ′ trouble: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
24† |
and rescued us ′ from our ′ foes: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever.] |
25 |
The Lord gives food to ′ all things · that ′ live: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
26 |
Give thanks to the ′ God of ′ heaven: he mau tonu hoki ′ tāna ′ mahi ′ tohu. God’s ′ love en′dures for ′ ever. |
1 |
By the waters of Babylon we sat ′ down and ′ wept: when we re′membered · the ′ holy ′ city. |
2 |
As for our harps, we ′ hung them ′ up: on the ′ trees that ′ grew near′by. |
3 |
Those who led us away captive‿ demanded of ′ us a ′ song: our despoilers asked us for mirth, ‘Sing us,’ they said, ′ ‘one · of the ′ songs · of Je′rusalem.’ |
4 |
How can we sing the ′ Lord′s ′ song: here ′ in an ′ ali·en ′ land? |
5 |
If I forget you ′ O Je′rusalem: let my ′ right hand ′ wither · a′way. |
6 |
Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do ′ not re′member you: if I do not set Jerusalem a′bove my ′ highest ′ joy. |
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1 |
I will give thanks to you O Lord with ′ all my ′ heart: before the gods ′ I will ′ sing your ′ praises. |
2 |
I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks because of your ′‿ love and ′ faithfulness: for you have exalted‿ your name and your ′ word above ′ all things. |
3 |
On the day that I ′ called, you ′ answered me: and ′ put new ′ strength with′in me. |
4 |
All the kings of the earth shall ′ praise you · O ′ Lord: when they ′ hear the ′ words · of your ′ mouth. |
5 |
They shall sing of the ′ ways · of the ′ Lord: that the ′ glory · of the ′ Lord is ′ great. |
6 |
For though Lord you are high, yet you ′ care · for the ′ lowly: as for the proud, you ′ humble · them ′ from a′far. |
7 |
Though I walk in the midst of trouble you ′ keep me ′ safe: you stretch out your hand against my enemies′ rage, and ′ your right ′ hand will ′ save me. |
8 |
You will fulfil your purpose for me, your love O Lord is ′ ever′lasting: do not leave un′finished · the ′ work · of your ′ hands. |
1 |
Lord you have searched me ′ out and ′ known me: you know when I sit down and when I stand up, you dis′cern my ′ thoughts · from a′far. |
2 |
You mark my path, and the places ′ where I ′ rest: you are ac′quainted · with ′ all my ′ ways. |
3 |
Even before there is a ′ word · on my ′ tongue you Lord ′ know it ′ alto′gether. |
4 |
You guard me from be′hind · and be′fore: and ′ cover · me ′ with your ′ hand. |
5† |
Such knowledge is too ′ wonderful ′ for me: so ′ high · that I ′ cannot · at′tain to it. |
6 |
Where shall I ′ go · from your ′ spirit: or where shall I ′ flee ′ from your ′ presence? |
7 |
If I climb up to heaven ′ you are ′ there: if I make my bed in the grave ′ you are ′ there ′ also. |
8 |
If I take the ′ wings · of the ′ dawn: and alight at the ′ utter·most ′ parts · of the ′ sea, |
9 |
even there your ′ hand will ′ lead me: and your right ′ hand will ′ hold me ′ fast. |
10 |
If I say, ‘Let the ′ darkness ′ cover me: and my ′ day be ′ turned to ′ night,’ |
11 |
the darkness is no darkness with you, but the night is as ′ clear · as the ′ day: for darkness and light to ′ you are ′ both a′like. |
12 |
It was you that created my ′ inward ′ parts: and pieced me together ′ in my ′ mother’s ′ womb. |
13 |
I will praise you, for you are ′ awesome · and ′ wonderful: marvellous are your works, and you ′ know me ′ through and ′ through. |
14 |
My body was not ′ hidden ′ from you: when I was being fashioned in secret, and woven together ′ in the ′ depths · of the ′ earth. |
15 |
Your eyes ′ looked · at my ′ body: while it was as ′ yet im′perfect·ly ′ formed. |
16 |
In your book all the days of my ′ life were ′ written: while as ′ yet there ′ was not ′ one of them. |
17 |
How deep are your ′ thoughts O ′ God: and how ′ great ′ is the ′ sum of them. |
18 |
If I should count them, they are more in number ′ than the ′ sand: to finish the count, my life-span must ′ needs be ′ equal · to ′ yours. |
* * * | |
23 |
Examine me O God and ′ know my ′ heart: test me,′ and dis′cover · my ′ thoughts. |
24 |
Watch closely, lest I follow a ′ path of ′ error: and lead me in the ′ way ′ ever′lasting. |
1 |
Deliver me O Lord ′ from the ′ wicked: and pre′serve me ′ from the ′ violent, |
2 |
who devise evil ′ in their ′ hearts: and ′ stir up ′ strife con′tinually. |
3 |
They have sharpened their tongues ′ like a ′ serpent’s: adder′s ′ poison · is ′ under their ′ lips. |
4 |
Keep me O Lord from the ′ hands of the ′ wicked: from the violent, who ′ plan to ′ trip up · my ′ feet. |
5 |
The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread out a ′ net of ′ cords: they have set ′ traps a′long my ′ path. |
6 |
I said to the Lord, ′ ‘You are · my ′ God’: hear O ′ Lord my ′ prayer for ′ mercy. |
7 |
O Lord God, my ′ fortress · of ′ safety: you have shielded my ′ head · in the ′ day of ′ battle. |
8 |
Do not grant the wicked their de′sire O ′ Lord: or permit their ′ evil · de′signs to ′ prosper. |
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12 |
I am sure the Lord will maintain the ′ cause · of the ′ poor: and up′hold the ′ rights · of the ′ destitute. |
13 |
The righteous will give ′ praise · to your ′ name: and the ′ upright · will ′ live · in your ′ presence. |
1 |
Lord I call to you, come quickly ′ to my ′ help: give heed to me ′ when I ′ cry to ′ you. |
2 |
Let my prayer be set be′fore you · as ′ incense: and the lifting up of my ′‿ hands · as the ′ evening ′ sacrifice. |
3 |
Set a guard O Lord ′ over · my ′ mouth: and keep watch ′ at the ′ door of · my ′ lips. |
4 |
Keep my heart from any sinful inclination, from joining the ill-disposed ′ in their ′ wickedness: and let me ′ never ′ eat · at their ′ table. |
5 |
Rather let the ′ righteous ′ strike me: and ′ give me ′ friendly · re′buke, |
6 |
than that the oil of the wicked should a′noint my ′ head: for I pray con′tinually · a′gainst their ′ wickedness. |
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9 |
But my eyes are fixed on ′ you Lord ′ God: in you I take refuge, ′ do not ′ cast me ′ off. |
10 |
Keep me from the snare ′ they have ′ laid for me: and from the traps ′ evil′doers · have ′ set. |
11† |
Let the wicked fall together into their ′ own ′ nets: while ′ I pass ′ by un′harmed. |
1 |
I cry aloud to ′ you O ′ Lord: I ′ loudly ′ plead · for your ′ help. |
2 |
I pour out my ′ trouble · be′fore you: and make ′ known to · you ′ my dis′tress. |
3 |
when my spirit is faint within me, you ′ know my ′ way: in the path where I walk ′‿ they have ′ hidden · a ′ snare for me. |
4 |
I look to my ′ right ′ hand: and see ′ there is ′ no one · who ′ heeds me. |
5 |
There is no ′ way · of es′cape: and ′ no one ′ gives me · a ′ thought. |
6 |
I cry to the Lord and say, ′ ′You are · my ′ refuge: you are all that I have ′ in the ′ land of the ′ living.’ |
7 |
Give heed to my cry for I am brought ′ very ′ low: deliver me from those who pursue me,′ for they ′ are too ′ strong for me. |
8 |
Bring me ′ out · of my ′ prison: so that I may give ′ thanks ′ to your ′ name. |
9† |
When you show me your ′ loving ′ kindness: the ′ righteous · will ′ gather a′round me. |
1 |
Hear my ′ prayer O ′ Lord: in your faithfulness give heed to my pleading, and ′ answer · me ′ in your ′ righteousness. |
2 |
Do not put your ′ servant · on ′ trial: for in your sight ′ no one ′ living · is ′ innocent. |
3 |
For my enemies have hunted me down, and beaten me ′ to the ′ ground: they have made me inhabit darkness, like ′ those · who have ′ long been ′ dead. |
4 |
Therefore my spirit ′ faints with′in me: and my ′ heart is ′ numb with ′ grief. |
5 |
Yet I remember times past, I think about ′ all · you have ′ done: I meditate on the ′ works of ′ your ′ hands. |
6 |
I stretch out my ′ hands to ′ you: I thirst for you as a ′ parched land ′ thirsts for ′ rain. |
7 |
Make haste to answer me Lord, for my ′ spirit · is ′ failing: do not hide your face from me, or I shall be like ′ those who · go ′ down · to the ′ dead. |
8 |
Let me hear of your steadfast love ′ in the ′ morning: for in ′ you · I have ′ put my ′ trust. |
9 |
Show me the way ′ I should ′ walk in: for to ′ you · I lift ′ up my ′ soul. |
10 |
Deliver me Lord ′ from my ′ enemies: for I have ′ fled to ′ you for ′ refuge. |
11 |
Teach me to do your will, for ′ you · are my ′ God: let your good spirit ′ lead me · on an ′ even ′ path. |
12 |
Keep me safe O Lord for your ′ name’s ′ sake: and for your righteousness′ sake ′‿ bring me ′ out of ′ trouble. |
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1 |
Blessèd be the ′ Lord my ′ rock: who trains my hand for war ′ and my ′ fingers · for ′ battle, |
2 |
my strength and my fortress, my stronghold and my refuge, my shield in ′ whom I ′ trust: who brings ′ people ′ under · my ′ rule. |
3 |
Lord, what are we mortals that you should ′ care a′bout us: mere human beings that ′‿ you should ′ give us · a ′ thought? |
4 |
Each of us is like a ′ puff of ′ wind: our days are ′ like a ′ passing ′ shadow. |
5 |
Lower your heavens O Lord and ′ come ′ down: touch the ′ mountains · and ′ they shall ′ smoke. |
6 |
Send out your lightnings, and ′ scatter · the ′ enemy: shoot out your ′ arrows · and ′ put them · to ′ flight. |
7 |
Reach down your hand from on ′ high and ′ rescue me: snatch me out of the deep waters, from the ′ hands of ′ ali·en ′ foes, |
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whose mouths utter things ′ that are ′ false: and whose right ′ hand is ′ raised in ′ perjury. |
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I will sing you a new ′ song O ′ God: I will sing your praises ′ on a ′ ten-stringed ′ lute. |
10 |
You give ′ victory · to ′ kings: and de′liverance to ′ David · your ′ servant. |
11 |
Save me from the ′ cruel ′ sword: deliver me ′ from the ′ hands of ′ aliens, |
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whose mouths utter ′ things · that are ′ false: and whose right ′ hand is ′ raised in ′ perjury. |
13 |
May our sons in their youth be like ′ well-grown ′ saplings: and our daughters like‿ sculptured ′ pillars · at the ′ corners · of ′ palaces. |
14 |
May our barns be full to overflowing‿ with every ′ kind · of pro′vision: our sheep bear young‿ in thousands upon ′ thousands ′ in our ′ fields. |
15 |
May our cattle be fat and strong, suffering no miscarriage or un′timely ′ birth: and may there be no ′ cries · of dis′tress · in our ′ streets. |
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Happy are the people to whom such ′ blessings ′ fall: happy the people whose ′ God ′ is the ′ Lord. |
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I will extol you O ′ God my ′ king: I will bless your ′ name for ′ ever · and ′ ever. |
2 |
Every day will I give ′ thanks to ′ you: and praise your ′ name for ′ ever · and ′ ever. |
3 |
You are great O Lord, and worthy of ′ all ′ praise: there are no ′ bounds ′ to your ′ greatness. |
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One generation shall praise your ′ works · to an′other: and pro′claim your ′ mighty ′ acts. |
5 |
I will speak of the glorious splendour ′ of your ′ majesty: and of ′ all your ′ marvel·lous ′ works. |
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People shall speak of the might of your ′ awesome ′ deeds: and I ′ too · will pro′claim your ′ greatness. |
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They shall pour out the story of your a′bundant ′ kindness: and joyfully ′ sing ′ of your ′ righteousness. |
8 |
The Lord is gracious and ′ full · of com′passion: slow to anger ′ and a′bounding · in ′ love. |
9 |
You Lord are ′ good to ′ all of us: and your mercy ′ rests up·on ′ all your ′ creatures. |
10 |
All your creation shall ′ praise you · O ′ Lord: and your ′ servants · will ′ bless your ′ name. |
11 |
They shall speak of the glory ′ of your ′ kingdom: and their ′ talk shall ′ be of · your ′ power, |
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so that all may know of your ′ mighty ′ deeds: and the glorious ′ splendour ′ of your ′ kingdom. |
13 |
Your kingdom is an ever′lasting ′ kingdom: and your dominion en′dures from ′ age to ′ age. |
14 |
The Lord upholds ′ those who ′ stumble: and ′ raises · up ′ those · who are ′ down. |
15 |
The eyes of all look to ′ you O ′ Lord: and you give them their ′ food in ′ due ′ season. |
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You open ′ wide your ′ hand: and give what they de′sire to ′ all things ′ living. |
17 |
You Lord are righteous in ′ all your ′ ways: and ′ loving · in ′ all your ′ deeds. |
18 |
You Lord are near to ′ all who ′ call to you: who call to ′ you in ′ singleness · of ′ heart. |
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You fulfil the desire of ′ those · who re′vere you: you hear their ′ cry ′ and you ′ save them. |
20 |
You protect ′ all who ′ love you: but the ′ wicked · you ′ will des′troy. |
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My mouth shall speak the ′ praise · of the ′ Lord: let everyone bless God’s holy ′ name for ′ ever · and ′ ever. |
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Whakamoemititia a Ihowā. / Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord ′ O my ′ soul: as long as I ′ live · I will ′ praise the ′ Lord. |
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Yes, as long as ′ I have ′ life: I will sing ′ praises ′ to my ′ God. |
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Put no trust in princes, nor in any ′ human ′ power: for in ′ them there ′ is no ′ help. |
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When they breathe their last, they re′turn to ′ dust: then all their ′ plans ′ come to ′ nothing. |
5 |
Happy are those whose helper is the ′ God of ′ Jacob: whose hope is ′ in the ′ Lord their ′ God, |
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who made heaven and earth, the sea and ′ all · that is ′ in them: who ′ keeps a ′ promise · for ′ ever, |
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who defends the ′ cause of · the op′pressed: and gives ′ food ′ to the ′ hungry. |
8 |
The Lord sets free the prisoner, and gives ′ sight · to the ′ blind: the Lord raises up those bowed down, and ′ loves ′ those · who are ′ just. |
9 |
The Lord cares for the stranger in the land, and sustains the ′ widows · and ′ orphans: but turns the ′ way · of the ′ wicked · to ′ ruin. |
10 |
The Lord shall ′ reign for ′ ever: your God O Jerusalem shall reign for all generations. Whaka′moemi′titia · a ′ Ihowā. / O ′ praise ′ - the ′ Lord. |
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Whakamoemititia a Ihowā, / Praise the Lord, for it is good to sing praises ′ to our ′ God: how pleasant and seemly it is to ′ praise the ′ Most ′ High. |
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You Lord are re′building · Je′rusalem: and gathering the ′ scattered ′ exiles · of ′ Israel. |
3 |
You are healing the ′ broken-′hearted: and ′ binding ′ up their ′ wounds. |
4 |
You count the ′ number · of the ′ stars: and ′ call them ′ all · by their ′ names. |
5 |
Great are you O Lord, and ′ mighty · your ′ power: yes, ′ and your ′ wisdom · is ′ infinite. |
6 |
You raise ′ up the ′ lowly: and bring down the ′ wicked ′ to the ′ dust. |
7 |
Sing to the ′ Lord in ′ thanksgiving: make music on the ′ harp ′ to our ′ God, |
8 |
who covers the sky with clouds, and prepares ′ rain · for the ′ earth: making the hills green with grass‿ and with ′ plants for ′ human ′ use. |
9 |
You O Lord give the ′ cattle · their ′ food: and the young ravens ′ when they ′ call to ′ you. |
10 |
You set no store by the ′ power · of a ′ horse: nor by the ′ strength · of a ′ warri·or′s ′ thighs. |
11 |
But your delight is in ′ those · who re′vere you: in ′ those · who re′ly on · your ′ mercy. |
12 |
Praise the Lord ′ O Je′rusalem: O holy ′ city ′ praise your ′ God. |
13 |
For the Lord has strengthened the ′ bars · of your ′ gates: and ′ blessed your ′ children · with′in you. |
14 |
The Lord has established peace with′in your ′ borders: and fed you amply ′ with the ′ finest ′ wheat. |
15 |
You O Lord send your ′ word · to the ′ earth: and your com′mand runs ′ very ′ swiftly. |
16 |
You give ′ snow like ′ wool: and ′ sprinkle ′ hoar-frost · like ′ ashes. |
17 |
You scatter′ hailstones · like ′ breadcrumbs: you send the cold, ′ and the ′ waters · stand ′ frozen. |
18 |
You utter your word and the ′ ice is ′ melted: you blow with your wind ′ and the ′ waters ′ flow. |
19 |
You make known your ′ word to ′ Jacob: your ′ statutes · and de′crees to ′ Israel. |
20 |
You have not done this for any ′ other ′ nation: nor have you taught them your laws. Whaka′moemi′titia a ′ Ihowā. / O ′ praise ′ - the ′ Lord. |
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Whakamoemititia a Ihowā. / Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord ′ from the ′ heavens: O praise God ′ in the ′ heights a′bove. |
2 |
Praise the Lord ′ all you ′ angels: O praise God ′ all you ′ heaven·ly ′ host. |
3 |
Praise the Lord ′ sun and ′ moon: praise God ′ all you ′ shining ′ stars. |
4 |
Praise the Lord you ′ highest ′ heavens: and you ′ waters · a′bove the ′ heavens. |
5 |
Let them praise the ′ name · of the ′ Lord: who commanded, ′ and they ′ were cre′ated. |
6 |
The Lord fixed them in their ′ places · for ′ ever: by a law ′ which shall ′ never · be ′ broken. |
7 |
Praise the Lord ′ from the ′ earth: you sea-′monsters · and ′ ocean ′ depths, |
8 |
fire and hail,′ snow and ′ ice: stormy ′ wind o′beying · God′s ′ word, |
9 |
all ′ mountains · and ′ hills: all ′ fruit·bearing ′ trees and ′ cedars, |
10 |
wild ′ beasts and ′ cattle: reptiles and ′ birds ′ on the ′ wing, |
11 |
kings of the earth and ′ all ′ peoples: princes and all ′ rulers ′ of the ′ world, |
12 |
young ′ men and ′ maidens: old ′ people and ′ children · to′gether. |
13 |
Let them praise your ′ name O ′ Lord: for your name alone is exalted, and your glory is a′bove ′ heaven · and ′ earth. |
14 |
You have lifted up your people′s head, with praise from ′ all your ′ servants: from the people close to your heart. Whaka′moemi′titia · a ′ Ihowā. / O ′ praise ′ - the ′ Lord. |
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Whakamoemititia a Ihowā. / Praise the Lord. O sing to the Lord a ′ new ′ song: give praise in the as′sembly ′ of the ′ faithful. |
2 |
Let the people of God rejoice ′ in their ′ maker: and let the servants of the Most High e′xult ′ in their ′ king. |
3 |
Let them praise God’s ′ name · in the ′ dance: let them sing God’s ′ praise with ′ timbrel · and ′ harp. |
4 |
For you O Lord take de′light · in your ′ people: and crown your ′ humble ′ folk with ′ victory. |
5 |
Let the faithful exult ′ in their ′ triumph: let them ′ shout for ′ joy · as they ′ feast. |
6 |
Let the praises of God be ′ on their ′ lips: and a two-edged sword in their hand. Whaka′moemi′titia · a ′ Ihowā. / O ′ praise ′ - the ′ Lord. |
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1 |
Whakamoemititia a Ihowā. / Praise the Lord. O praise God in the ′ holy ′ place: praise our God ′ in the ′ mighty ′ heavens. |
2 |
Praise the Lord for many ′ acts of ′ power: praise our God for ′ greatness · be′yond ′ measure. |
3 |
Praise the Lord with the ′ sound of the ′ trumpet: praise our God up′on the ′ lute and ′ harp. |
4 |
Praise the Lord with ′ timbrels · and ′ dancing: praise our God up′on the ′ strings and ′ pipe. |
5 |
Praise the Lord with ′ clash of ′ cymbals: praise our God up′on re′sounding ′ cymbals. |
6 |
Let everything that has breath ′ praise the ′ Lord: whaka′moemi′titia · a ′ Ihowā. / O ′ praise ′ - the ′ Lord. |