GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 Praise the LORD, my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great. You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
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Praise the LORD, my soul. LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
2 You cover yourself with light as though it were a robe. You stretch out the heavens as though they were curtains.
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The LORD wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent
3 You lay the beams of your home in the water. You use the clouds for your chariot. You move on the wings of the wind.
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and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.
4 You make your angels winds and your servants flames of fire.
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He makes winds his messengers,flames of fire his servants.
5 You set the earth on its foundations so that it can never be shaken.
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He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
6 You covered the earth with an ocean as though it were a robe. Water stood above the mountains
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You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
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