And the Levites said, even Jeshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah, Stand up and praise the Lord your God forever and ever, and let them praise thy glorious Name, O God, which excelleth above all thanksgiving and praise.

Thou art Lord alone: thou hast made heaven, and the heaven of all heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that are in them and thou preservest them all and the host of the heaven worshippeth thee.

Thou art, O Lord, the God, that hast chosen Abram, and broughtest him out of (A)Ur in Chaldeans, and (B)madest his name 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