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v1

Praise Yah. ^[Hebrew hallelujah] Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful.

v2

Let Israel be glad in its maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.

v3

Let them praise his name with dancing; let them sing praises to him with tambourine and lyre.

v4

For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people; he glorifies the afflicted with salvation.

v5

Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds.

v6

Let the extolling of God be in their throat, and a double-edged sword in their hand,

v7

to execute vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, ^[Reading against the MT and with the LXX]

v8

to bind their kings with chains and their nobles ^[Literally “honorable ones”] with fetters of iron,

v9

to execute on them the judgment that is decreed. ^[Hebrew “written”] This will be honor for all his faithful ones; Praise Yah. ^[Hebrew hallelujah]