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\v 1 Tell Yahweh that you thank him very much for the good things that he has done for you!
\q2 He faithfully loves us, his people, forever.
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\v 2 You Israelite people should repeatedly shout,
\q2 "He faithfully loves us, his people, forever!"
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\v 3 You priests who are descendants of Aaron should repeatedly shout,
\q2 "He faithfully loves us, his people, forever!"
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\v 4 All you who revere him should repeatedly shout,
\q2 "He faithfully loves us, his people, forever!"
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\v 5 When I was distressed, I called out to Yahweh,
\q2 and he answered me and set me free from my worries.
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\v 6 Yahweh is on my side,
\q2 so I will not be afraid of anything.
\q2 No one can do anything that will prevent God from blessing me forever.
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\v 7 Yes, Yahweh is on my side,
\q2 so I will look triumphantly at my enemies while he defeats them.
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\v 8 It is better to trust in Yahweh
\q2 than to depend on people.
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\v 9 It is better to trust Yahweh to protect us
\q2 than to trust that influential people will protect us.
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\v 10 Armies of many nations surrounded us,
\q2 but Yahweh enabled us to defeat them by his power.
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\v 11 They completely surrounded us,
\q2 but we defeated them all by Yahweh's power.
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\v 12 They swarmed around me like angry bees;
\q2 they were like a fire that flares up in a thornbush,
\q2 but we defeated them by Yahweh's power.
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\v 13 Our enemies attacked us fiercely and almost defeated us,
\q2 but Yahweh helped us.
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\v 14 Yahweh is the one who makes me strong,
\q1 and he is the one about whom I always sing;
\q2 he has saved us from my enemies.
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\v 15 Listen to the joyful songs of victory being sung in the tents of the people who honor God!
\q2 They sing, "Yahweh has defeated our enemies by his mighty power;
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\v 16 he has raised his strong right arm to show he is happy over defeating his enemies.
\q2 Yahweh has completely defeated them!"
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\v 17 I will not be killed in battle;
\q2 I will live to proclaim the great things that Yahweh has done.
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\v 18 Yahweh has punished me severely,
\q2 but he has not allowed me to die.
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\v 19 You gatekeepers, open for me the gates of the temple
\q2 so that I may enter and thank Yahweh.
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\v 20 Those are the gates through which we enter the temple to worship Yahweh;
\q2 those who honor God enter through those gates.
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\v 21 Yahweh, I thank you that you answered my prayer
\q2 and that you saved me from my enemies.
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\v 22 Yahweh's chosen king is like a stone that the builders rejected
\q2 when they were building a house,
\q1 but that stone became the cornerstone.
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\v 23 This was done by Yahweh,
\q1 and it is a wonderful thing for us to see.
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\v 24 This is the day on which we remember that Yahweh acted powerfully to defeat our enemies;
\q2 we will rejoice and be glad today.
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\v 25 Yahweh, we plead with you to keep rescuing us from our enemies.
\q2 Yahweh, please help us accomplish what we want to do.
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\v 26 Yahweh, bless the one who will come with your power.
\q2 From the temple we bless all of you.
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\v 27 Yahweh is God,
\q2 and he has caused his light to come to us.
\q1 Come, bring animal sacrifice and tie it to the horns of the altar.
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\v 28 Yahweh, you are the God whom I worship, and I will praise you!
\q2 You are my God, and I will tell everyone that you are great!
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\v 29 Thank Yahweh because he does good things for us!
\q2 He will faithfully love us forever as he has promised.