²²I will tell of your name to my brothers;

in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:

²³You who fear the Lord, praise him!

All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him,

and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!

²⁴For he has not despised or abhorred

the affliction of the afflicted,

and he has not hidden his face from him,

but has heard, when he cried to him.

²⁵From you comes my praise in the great congregation;

my vows I will perform before those who fear him.

²⁶The afflicted4 shall eat and be satisfied;

those who seek him shall praise the Lord!

May your hearts live forever!

²⁷All the ends of the earth shall remember

and turn to the Lord,

and all the families of the nations

shall worship before you.

²⁸For kingship belongs to the Lord,

and he rules over the nations.

²⁹All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;

before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,

even the one who could not keep himself alive.

³⁰Posterity shall serve him;

it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;

³¹they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn,

that he has done it.

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