The Holy Bible – Knox Translation
The Book of Psalms
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Psalm 135
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(Alleluia.)
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Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness, his mercy is eternal;
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give thanks to the God of gods, his mercy is eternal;
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give thanks to the Lord of lords, his mercy is eternal.
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Eternal his mercy, who does great deeds as none else can;
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eternal his mercy, whose wisdom made the heavens;
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eternal his mercy, who poised earth upon the floods.
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Eternal his mercy, who made the great luminaries;
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made the sun to rule by day, his mercy is eternal;
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made the moon and the stars to rule by night, his mercy is eternal.
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Eternal his mercy, who smote the Egyptians by smiting their first-born;
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eternal his mercy, who delivered Israel from their midst,
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with constraining power, with his arm raised on high, his mercy is eternal.
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Eternal the mercy that divided the Red Sea in two,
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eternal the mercy that led Israel through its waters,
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eternal the mercy that drowned in the Red Sea Pharao and Pharao’s men.
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And so he led his people through the wilderness, his mercy is eternal.
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Eternal the mercy that smote great kings,
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eternal the mercy that slew the kings in their pride,
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Sehon king of the Amorrhites, his mercy is eternal,
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and Og the king of Basan, his mercy is eternal.
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Eternal the mercy that marked down their land to be a dwelling-place;
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a dwelling-place for his servant Israel, his mercy is eternal.
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Eternal the mercy that remembers us in our affliction,
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eternal the mercy that rescues us from our enemies,
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eternal the mercy that gives all living things their food.
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Give thanks to the God of heaven, his mercy is eternal.
