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1 Hallelujah! Praise the Name of the LORD; * give praise, you servants of the LORD. 2 You who stand in the house of the LORD, * in the courts of the house of our God. 3 Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; * sing praises to his Name, for it is lovely. 4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself * and Israel for his own possession. 5 For I know that the LORD is great, * and that our Lord is above all gods. 6 The LORD does whatever pleases him, in heaven and on earth, * in the seas and all the deeps. 7 He brings up rain clouds from the ends of the earth; * he sends out lightning with the rain, and brings the winds out of his storehouse. 8 It was he who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, * the firstborn both of man and beast. 9 He sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt, * against Pharaoh and all his servants. 10 He overthrew many nations * and put mighty kings to death: 11 Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, the kingdoms of Bashan, * and all the kings of Canaan. 12 He gave their land to be an inheritance, * an inheritance for Israel his people. 13 O LORD, your Name is everlasting; * your renown, O LORD, endures from age to age. 14 For the LORD gives his people justice * and shows compassion to his servants. 15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, * the work of human hands. 16 They have mouths, but they cannot speak; * eyes have they, but they cannot see. 17 They have ears, but they cannot hear; * neither is there any breath in their mouth. 18 Those who make them are like them, * and so are all who put their trust in them. 19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel; * O house of Aaron, bless the LORD. 20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi; * you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD. 21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, * who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
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chanted by the Rev. Philip Mayer St. Peter's by the Lake Episcopal Church The Colony, Texas |