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Then the Levites (Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah) said, ‘Stand up and praise the Lord your God. He lives always and for ever.’

They said, ‘Your name is great and wonderful.[a] We praise you more than words could ever say. Only you are the Lord. You made the sky and the heavens above the sky. You made all the stars, the earth and everything on it. You made the seas and everything in them. You give life to everything. The great crowd of angels in heaven bend down low to worship you.

You are the Lord God who chose Abram. You brought him out of Ur, in Babylonia. You changed his name to be Abraham.

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  1. 9:5 ‘They said’ or ‘Ezra said’