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[1]MAKE a joyful noise unto God, all lands.
[2]Sing the honor of his name; sing the honor of his majesty.
[3]Say unto God, How wonderful are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
[4]All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thy name; they shall glorify thy name forever.
[5]They shall say, Come and see the works of God; for his wonders are great toward the children of men.
[6]He turns the sea into dry land: they crossed through the river on foot; there did we rejoice in him.
[7]He rules by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations; let not the rebellious exalt themselves.
[8]O bless our God, you people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard,
[9]Who holds our soul in life, and suffers not our feet to be moved.
[10]For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us as silver is tried.
[11]Thou didst bring us into the net; thou didst lay affliction upon our loins.
[12]Thou hast caused us to be in servitude; we went through fire and through water; finally thou didst bring us out into a comfortable place.
[13]I will go into thy house with gifts; I will pay thee my vows.
[14]Which my lips have uttered and my mouth has spoken when I was in trouble.
[15]I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the savour of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats.
[16]Come and hear, all you servants of God, and I will declare what he has done for my soul.
[17]I cried to him with my mouth, and he has answered me; I extolled him with my tongue.
[18]If thou behold iniquity in my heart, O LORD, deliver me not.
[19]But verily God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
[20]Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer nor turned his mercy from me.
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