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Happy the people to whom such blessings fall! Happy the people whose God is the LORD!

A Song of Praise. Of David. I will extol thee, my God and King, and bless thy name for ever and ever.

I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have being.

Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

The LORD will reign for ever, thy God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!

Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for he is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly.

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God upon the lyre!

Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands,

Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament!

then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;

So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and man.

God scorns the wicked, but the upright enjoy his favor.

It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the LORD?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.

And I applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to the sons of men to be busy with.

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God;

For to the man who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.