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34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I find my joy in the Lord.
35 May sinners be banished from the earth,
    and may the wicked no longer exist.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.[a]
Alleluia.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 104:35 Before concluding, the psalmist prays that sin may disappear from creation. However, because the hymn cannot end with a malediction (see Ps 139:19), he repeats the words of verse 1 as a refrain: “Bless the Lord, O my soul.” Alleluia: i.e., “Hallelujah” or “Bless [or praise] the Lord,” which most likely belongs to the beginning of Ps 105 (see Pss 105:45; 106:1, 48).

34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    as I rejoice(A) in the Lord.
35 But may sinners vanish(B) from the earth
    and the wicked be no more.(C)

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Praise the Lord.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 104:35 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of Psalm 105.