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Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and give honor and thanks to the Lord your God forever and ever! O may Your great name be praised!”

The Prayer—Telling of Their Sins

“You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, the heaven of heavens with all their angels. You have made the earth and all that is on it, and the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them, and the angels of heaven bow down to You. You are the Lord God, Who chose Abram and brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees and gave him the 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