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Then these Levites spoke again: Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah. They said, “Stand up and praise the Lord your God! God has always lived and will live forever.

“People should praise your glorious name.
    May your name be lifted above all blessing and praise.
You are God.
    Lord, only you are God.
You made the sky and the highest heavens
    and everything in them.
You made the earth
    and everything on it.
You made the seas
    and everything in them.
You give life to everything.
    All the heavenly angels bow down and worship you.
You are the Lord,
    the God who chose Abram.
You led him from Ur in Babylonia.
    You changed his name to Abraham.

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And the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah—said: “Stand up and praise the Lord your God,(A) who is from everlasting to everlasting.[a]

“Blessed be your glorious name,(B) and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. You alone are the Lord.(C) You made the heavens,(D) even the highest heavens, and all their starry host,(E) the earth(F) and all that is on it, the seas(G) and all that is in them.(H) You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven(I) worship you.

“You are the Lord God, who chose Abram(J) and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans(K) and named him Abraham.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:5 Or God for ever and ever