1. PRAISE THE Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise the name of the Lord; praise Him, O you servants of the Lord!
2. You who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God,
3. Praise the Lord! For the Lord is good; sing praises to His name, for He is gracious and lovely!
4. For the Lord has chosen [the descendants of] Jacob for Himself, Israel for His peculiar possession and treasure. [Deut. 7:6.]
5. For I know that the Lord is great and that our Lord is above all gods.
6. Whatever the Lord pleases, that has He done in the heavens and on earth, in the seas and all deeps–