| New International Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Praise the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD; praise him, you servants of the LORD, | 1Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD! Praise him, you who serve the LORD, |
| 2you who minister in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. | 2you who serve in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. |
| 3Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant. | 3Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; celebrate his lovely name with music. |
| 4For the LORD has chosen Jacob to be his own, Israel to be his treasured possession. | 4For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own special treasure. |
| 5I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods. | 5I know the greatness of the LORD— that our Lord is greater than any other god. |
| 6The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths. | 6The LORD does whatever pleases him throughout all heaven and earth, and on the seas and in their depths. |
| 7He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses. | 7He causes the clouds to rise over the whole earth. He sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from his storehouses. |
| 8He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of people and animals. | 8He destroyed the firstborn in each Egyptian home, both people and animals. |
| 9He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants. | 9He performed miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt against Pharaoh and all his people. |
| 10He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings-- | 10He struck down great nations and slaughtered mighty kings— |
| 11Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan-- | 11Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan. |
| 12and he gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel. | 12He gave their land as an inheritance, a special possession to his people Israel. |
| 13Your name, LORD, endures forever, your renown, LORD, through all generations. | 13Your name, O LORD, endures forever; your fame, O LORD, is known to every generation. |
| 14For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants. | 14For the LORD will give justice to his people and have compassion on his servants. |
| 15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands. | 15The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands. |
| 16They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. | 16They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see. |
| 17They have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. | 17They have ears but cannot hear, and mouths but cannot breathe. |
| 18Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. | 18And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them. |
| 19All you Israelites, praise the LORD; house of Aaron, praise the LORD; | 19O Israel, praise the LORD! O priests—descendants of Aaron—praise the LORD! |
| 20house of Levi, praise the LORD; you who fear him, praise the LORD. | 20O Levites, praise the LORD! All you who fear the LORD, praise the LORD! |
| 21Praise be to the LORD from Zion, to him who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD. | 21The LORD be praised from Zion, for he lives here in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD! |
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