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the upright.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>Praise the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> with the lyre;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">make melody to him with the harp of ten strings.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>Sing to him a new song;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>For the word of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> is upright,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and all his work is done in faithfulness.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>He loves righteousness and justice;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the earth is full of the steadfast love of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>By the word of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> the heavens were made,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and all their host by the breath of his mouth.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he put the deeps in storehouses.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>Let all the earth fear the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>For he spoke, and it came to be;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he commanded, and it stood firm.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he frustrates the plans of the peoples.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>The counsel of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> stands forever,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the thoughts of his heart to all generations.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>Happy is the nation whose God is the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the people whom he has chosen as his heritage.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> looks down from heaven;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he sees all humankind.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>From where he sits enthroned he watches</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">all the inhabitants of the earth—</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>he who fashions the hearts of them all,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and observes all their deeds.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>A king is not saved by his great army;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>The war horse is a vain hope for victory,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and by its great might it cannot save.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>Truly the eye of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> is on those who fear him,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">on those who hope in his steadfast love,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>to deliver their soul from death,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and to keep them alive in famine.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>Our soul waits for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he is our help and shield.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>Our heart is glad in him,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">because we trust in his holy name.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>Let your steadfast love, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, be upon us,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">even as we hope in you.</span></span></p></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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