The Message Bible MSG
World English Bible WEB
1 Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy house of worship, praise him under the open skies;
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Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
2 Praise him for his acts of power, praise him for his magnificent greatness;
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Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness!
3 Praise with a blast on the trumpet, praise by strumming soft strings;
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Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre!
4 Praise him with castanets and dance, praise him with banjo and flute;
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Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!
5 Praise him with cymbals and a big bass drum, praise him with fiddles and mandolin.
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Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!
6 Let every living, breathing creature praise God! Hallelujah!
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Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!
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