For the choir director: A song. A psalm, to be accompanied by stringed instruments.
1 May God be merciful and bless us.
May his face smile with favor on us.
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1 May God be merciful and bless us.
May his face smile with favor on us.
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2 May your ways be known throughout the earth,
your saving power among people everywhere.
your saving power among people everywhere.
3 May the nations praise you, O God.
Yes, may all the nations praise you.
Yes, may all the nations praise you.
4 Let the whole world sing for joy,
because you govern the nations with justice
and guide the people of the whole world.
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because you govern the nations with justice
and guide the people of the whole world.
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5 May the nations praise you, O God.
Yes, may all the nations praise you.
Yes, may all the nations praise you.
6 Then the earth will yield its harvests,
and God, our God, will richly bless us.
and God, our God, will richly bless us.
7 Yes, God will bless us,
and people all over the world will fear him.
and people all over the world will fear him.