The Message Bible MSG
English Standard Version ESV
1 Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy house of worship, praise him under the open skies;
1
Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens!
2 Praise him for his acts of power, praise him for his magnificent greatness;
2
Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!
3 Praise with a blast on the trumpet, praise by strumming soft strings;
3
Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!
4 Praise him with castanets and dance, praise him with banjo and flute;
4
Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
5 Praise him with cymbals and a big bass drum, praise him with fiddles and mandolin.
5
Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
6 Let every living, breathing creature praise God! Hallelujah!
6
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.