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What joy for those who can live in your house,
    always singing your praises. Interlude

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Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
    they are ever praising you.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.

What joy for those you choose to bring near,
    those who live in your holy courts.
What festivities await us
    inside your holy Temple.

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Blessed are those you choose(A)
    and bring near(B) to live in your courts!
We are filled with the good things of your house,(C)
    of your holy temple.

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The one thing I ask of the Lord
    the thing I seek most—
is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
    delighting in the Lord’s perfections
    and meditating in his Temple.

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One thing(A) I ask from the Lord,
    this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,(B)
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
    and to seek him in his temple.

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Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me
    all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the Lord
    forever.

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Surely your goodness and love(A) will follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
    forever.

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In that wonderful day you will sing:
    “Thank the Lord! Praise his name!
Tell the nations what he has done.
    Let them know how mighty he is!
Sing to the Lord, for he has done wonderful things.
    Make known his praise around the world.

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In that day(A) you will say:

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;(B)
    make known among the nations(C) what he has done,
    and proclaim that his name is exalted.(D)
Sing(E) to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;(F)
    let this be known to all the world.

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That is why I can never stop praising you;
    I declare your glory all day long.

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My mouth(A) is filled with your praise,
    declaring your splendor(B) all day long.

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11 Why am I discouraged?
    Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
    I will praise him again—
    my Savior and my God!

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11 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.(A)

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15 I will tell everyone about your righteousness.
    All day long I will proclaim your saving power,
    though I am not skilled with words.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 71:15 Or though I cannot count it.

15 My mouth will tell(A) of your righteous deeds,(B)
    of your saving acts all day long—
    though I know not how to relate them all.

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15 “That is why they stand in front of God’s throne
    and serve him day and night in his Temple.
And he who sits on the throne
    will give them shelter.

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15 Therefore,

“they are before the throne of God(A)
    and serve him(B) day and night in his temple;(C)
and he who sits on the throne(D)
    will shelter them with his presence.(E)

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Psalm 145[a]

A psalm of praise of David.

I will exalt you, my God and King,
    and praise your name forever and ever.
I will praise you every day;
    yes, I will praise you forever.

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Footnotes

  1. 145 This psalm is a Hebrew acrostic poem; each verse (including 13b) begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Psalm 145[a]

A psalm of praise. Of David.

I will exalt you,(A) my God the King;(B)
    I will praise your name(C) for ever and ever.
Every day I will praise(D) you
    and extol your name(E) for ever and ever.

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  1. Psalm 145:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which (including verse 13b) begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

Why am I discouraged?
    Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
    I will praise him again—
    my Savior and

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Why, my soul, are you downcast?(A)
    Why so disturbed(B) within me?
Put your hope in God,(C)
    for I will yet praise(D) him,
    my Savior(E) and my God.(F)

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21 I will praise the Lord,
    and may everyone on earth bless his holy name
    forever and ever.

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21 My mouth will speak(A) in praise of the Lord.
    Let every creature(B) praise his holy name(C)
    for ever and ever.

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Psalm 134

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

Oh, praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord,
    you who serve at night in the house of the Lord.
Lift your hands toward the sanctuary,
    and praise the Lord.

May the Lord, who made heaven and earth,
    bless you from Jerusalem.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 134:3 Hebrew Zion.

Psalm 134

A song of ascents.

Praise the Lord, all you servants(A) of the Lord
    who minister(B) by night(C) in the house of the Lord.
Lift up your hands(D) in the sanctuary(E)
    and praise the Lord.(F)

May the Lord bless you from Zion,(G)
    he who is the Maker of heaven(H) and earth.

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