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2016-04-01 21:07:40 +00:00
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\q1
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\v 1 Praise Yahweh!
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\q1 It is good to sing praises to our God.
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\q2 It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do.
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2016-04-01 21:07:40 +00:00
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 2 Jerusalem was destroyed, but Yahweh is enabling us to build Jerusalem again.
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\q2 He is bringing back the people who were taken to other lands.
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\q1
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\v 3 He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again;
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\q2 it is as though they have wounds and he bandages them.
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2016-04-01 21:07:40 +00:00
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\q1
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\v 4 He has determined how many stars there will be
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\q2 and gives names to all of them.
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\q1
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\v 5 Yahweh is great and very powerful,
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\q2 and no one can measure how much he understands.
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\v 6 Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed,
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\q2 and he throws the wicked down to the ground.
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\q1
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\v 7 Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him;
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\q2 on the harps, play music to our God.
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\q1
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\v 8 He covers the sky with clouds,
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\q2 and then he sends rain to the earth
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\q2 and causes grass to grow on the hills.
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\q1
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\v 9 He gives to animals the food that they need;
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\q2 he gives food to young crows when they cry out because they are hungry.
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\v 10 He is not impressed with strong horses
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\q2 or with men who can run fast.
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\v 11 Instead, what pleases him are those who have an awesome respect for him,
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\q2 those who confidently expect him to continue to love them as he promised to do.
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\v 12 You people of Jerusalem, praise Yahweh!
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\q2 Praise your God!
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\q1
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\v 13 He guards your city by keeping its gates strong.
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\q1 He blesses the people who live there.
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\q1
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\v 14 He causes your people to become wealthy.
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\q2 He gives you plenty of very good wheat to eat.
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\q1
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\v 15 He commands things to happen throughout the earth;
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\q2 his words quickly reach the place to which he sends them.
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\q1
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\v 16 He sends snow to cover the ground like a white wool blanket,
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\q2 and he scatters frost on the ground as wind scatters ashes.
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\q1
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\v 17 He sends hail down like pebbles;
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\q2 when that happens, it is very difficult to endure because the air becomes very cold.
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\q1
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\v 18 But he commands the wind to blow, and it blows.
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\q2 Then the hail melts and the water flows into the streams.
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\v 19 He sends his message to the descendants of Jacob;
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\q2 he tells to his Israelite people the things that he has decreed and what he has decided.
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\q1
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\v 20 He has not done that for any other nation;
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\q2 the other nations do not know his laws.
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\q1 Praise Yahweh!
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