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| 1 Hallelujah! Praise, ye servants of Jehovah, praise the name of Jehovah. |
Praise ye the LORD – The first of the "Great Hillel" Psalms (113-118) which were chanted antiphonally, with responses, to flute accompaniment, on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles. R2438:6*
At the end of the Kingdom mankind will be filled with joy, gladness, life and happiness and be enabled to sing the praises of the Lord. R4243:5*
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| 2 Blessed be the name of Jehovah, from this time forth and for evermore! |
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| 3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, let Jehovah's name be praised. |
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| 4 Jehovah is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens. |
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| 5 Who is like unto Jehovah our God, who hath placed his dwelling on high; |
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| 6 Who humbleth himself to look on the heavens and on the earth? |
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| 7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy, |
Raiseth up the poor – His power and influence will be the great moving principle that will level the whole world of mankind. R4982:4
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| 8 To set him among nobles, among the nobles of his people. |
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| 9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, as a joyful mother of sons. Hallelujah! |
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