Praise to the Creator
(Psalm 148:1-14)
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You righteous people should shout joyfully to Yahweh because that is what he deserves.
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Praise Yahweh as you play songs on the harp. Praise him as you play harps that have ten strings.
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Sing a new song to him; play those instruments well, and shout joyfully as you play them.
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Yahweh always does what he says that he will do; we can trust that everything that he does is right.
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He loves everything that we do that is just and right. Yahweh helps people all over the earth because he always loves them.
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Yahweh created everything in the sky by commanding it. By what he commanded, he created all the stars.
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He gathered all the water into one huge mass like someone scoops liquid into a container.
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Everyone on the earth should honor Yahweh; everyone on the earth should honor him.
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When he spoke, he created the world. Everything started to exist when he commanded it to be.
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Yahweh stops the other nations from doing the things they want to do. He prevents them from doing the evil things that they plan to do.
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But what Yahweh decides to do will last forever. What he plans to do will never change.
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Yahweh blesses our nation, we who worship him; How fortunate are we, the nation that belongs to him forever!
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Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees all people.
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From where he rules, he looks down on all the people who live on the earth.
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He forms our inner beings, and he sees everything that we do.
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It is not because a king has a great army that he is able to win battles, and it is not because a soldier is very strong that he is able to defeat his enemy.
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It is foolish to think that because horses are very strong, they will be able to win a battle and save their riders.
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Do not forget that Yahweh watches over those who honor him, those who confidently expect him to faithfully love them.
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He saves them from dying before they should die; he preserves them when there is a famine.
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We trust Yahweh to help us; he protects us as a shield protects a soldier.
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We rejoice because of what he has done for us; we trust in him because he is holy.
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Yahweh, we pray that you will always faithfully love us while we confidently expect you to do great things for us.
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