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Praise the LORD!
Praise, O servants of the LORD,
Praise the name of the LORD!
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Blessed be the name of the LORD
from this time forth and forevermore!
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From the rising of the sun to its going down
the LORD's name is to be praised.
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The LORD is high above all nations,
and his glory above the heavens.
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Who is like the LORD our God,
Who dwells on high,
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Who humbles himself to behold the things
that are in the heavens and in the earth?
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He raises the poor out of the dust,
and lifts the needy out of the ash heap,
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That he may seat him with princes -
with the princes of his people.
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He grants the barren woman a home,
Like joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!