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Shout for joy to God, all the earth;Why did God allow affliction and captivity on His people?
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sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!When may the Lord not hear our prayer?
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Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.4
All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name." Selah5
Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.6
He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. There did we rejoice in him,7
who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations--let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah8
Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard,9
who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip.10
For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.11
You brought us into the net; you laid a crushing burden on our backs;12
you let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.13
I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will perform my vows to you,14
that which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.15
I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals, with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams; I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah16
Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.17
I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.18
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.19
But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.20
Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!