(1) The Song of Ascent. Now, bless God, all the servants of God standing in the House of God at night. (2) Lift up your hands in holiness and bless God. (3) God will bless you from Zion, who created the heavens and the earth.

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(1) Praise God! Praise the name of God! Praise, servants of God, (2) standing in the House of God, in the courts of the House of our Almighty, (3) glorify God, for God is good! Sing to his name, for it is pleasant, (4) for God has chosen Jacob for himself, and Israel for his treasure. (5) For I have come to know that God our Lord is great, above all powers. (6) Whatever God wills, God will do in heaven and earth, in the seas and in all the deeps. (7) He lifts up clouds from the ends of the earth, creates lightning in the rain, brings the wind out of his storehouses. (8) He who smote the firstborn of Egypt, from man to beast, (9) who sent signs and miraculous manifestations in the midst of you, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants, (10) who smote many nations and put to death mighty kings: (11) Sihon king of Amorium, and Og king of Bashan, and all the states of Canaan, (12) and gave their land as an inheritance, as an inheritance to Israel, to His people. (13) God! Thy Name endureth for ever. God! The memory of Thee from generation to generation. (14) For God will do justice to his people, and he will have pity on his servants. (15) The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of human hands. (16) Their mouths are not speaking, their eyes are blind, (17) their ears are not hearing, and there is no breath in their mouths. (18) Let those who make them be like them, everyone who trusts in them. (19) House of Israel, bless God! House of Aharon, bless God! (20) House Levi, bless God! You who revere God, bless God! (21) Blessed be the God of Zion who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise God!

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(1) Give thanks to God, for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever. (2) Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for His mercy endures forever. (3) Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his mercy endures forever. (4) He who works great miracles alone, for his mercy endures forever. (5) He created the heavens wisely, for his mercy endures for ever. (6) He who stretches out the earth over the waters, for his mercy endures forever. (7) Him who made great lights, for his mercy endures forever, (8) the sun is to rule by day, for his mercy is forever, (9) the moon and the stars are to rule by night, for his mercy is forever. (10) He who smote the Egyptians with their firstborn, for his mercy endures forever. (11) And he brought Israel out from among them, for his mercy endures forever. (12) With a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, for his mercy endures forever. (13) He who cut the Red Sea into pieces, for His mercy endures forever. (14) And Israel led Israel in the midst of it, for his mercy endures for ever. (15) He threw Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea, for his mercy endures forever. (16) He who led his people through the wilderness, for his mercy endures forever. (17) He who smote great kings, for his mercy endures forever. (18) And he has put mighty kings to death, for his mercy endures forever. (19) Sihon, king of the Amorians, for his mercy endures for ever. (20) And Og, king of Bashan, for his mercy endures forever. (21) And he gave their land as an inheritance, for his mercy endures forever. (22) For an inheritance to Israel her servant, for her mercy endures forever. (23) He who in our humiliation remembered us, for his mercy endures forever. (24) And he has delivered us from our enemies, for his mercy endures forever. (25) He gives bread to all flesh, for his mercy endures forever. (26) Give thanks to the Almighty (God) of heaven, for His mercy endures forever.

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By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept, remembering Zion. 2 On the willows, in the midst of it, we hung our harps. (3) For there those who captivated us demanded songs of us, and those who mocked us rejoiced: "Sing to us from the songs of Zion!" (4) How are we to sing the song of God in a foreign land? (5) If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be dumb! (6) Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem at the head of my gladness! (7) Remember, O God, the day of Jerusalem to the sons of Edom, who said, "Destroy it, tear it down!" (8) O daughter of Babylon, doomed to ruin! Happy is the one who will reward you according to what you deserve, according to what you have done to us. (9) Happy is he who takes and breaks your babies against a rock!

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(1) David. I will thank Thee with all my heart, I will sing praises to Thee before the mighty. (2) I will bow down to the Temple of Thy holiness, and I will give thanks to Thy name for Thy mercy and for Thy truth, for Thou hast magnified Thy word above all Thy name. (3) On the day that I cried out, you answered me, giving my soul cheerfulness. (4) All the kings of the earth will thank you, O God, when they hear the words of your mouth. (5) And they will sing the ways of God, for the glory of God is great. (6) For God is exalted, but He sees the lowly, and chastises the proud from afar. (7) If I am in trouble, you will give me vitality, you will stretch out your hand to the fury of my enemies, and your right hand will save me. (8) God will complete it for me! Thy mercy, O God, endureth for ever: forsake not the work of Thy hands.