The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 A psalm of David: Give ADONAI his due, you who are godly; give ADONAI his due of glory and strength;
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<A Psalm. Of David.> Give to the Lord, you sons of the gods, give to the Lord glory and strength.
2 give ADONAI the glory due his name; worship ADONAI in holy splendor.
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Give to the Lord the full glory of his name; give him worship in holy robes.
3 The voice of ADONAI is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, ADONAI over rushing waters,
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The voice of the Lord is on the waters: the God of glory is thundering, the Lord is on the great waters.
4 the voice of ADONAI in power, the voice of ADONAI in splendor.
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The voice of the Lord is full of power; the voice of the Lord has a noble sound.
5 The voice of ADONAI cracks the cedars; ADONAI splinters the cedars of the L'vanon
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By the voice of the Lord are the cedar-trees broken, even the cedars of Lebanon are broken by the Lord.
6 and makes the L'vanon skip like a calf, Siryon like a young wild ox.
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He makes them go jumping about like a young ox; Lebanon and Sirion like a young mountain ox.
7 The voice of ADONAI flashes fiery flames;
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At the voice of the Lord flames of fire are seen.
8 the voice of ADONAI rocks the desert, ADONAI convulses the Kadesh Desert.
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At the voice of the Lord there is a shaking in the waste land, even a shaking in the waste land of Kadesh.
9 The voice of ADONAI causes deer to give birth and strips the forests bare -while in his temple, all cry, "Glory!"
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At the voice of the Lord the roes give birth, the leaves are taken from the trees: in his Temple everything says, Glory.
10 ADONAI sits enthroned above the flood! ADONAI sits enthroned as king forever!
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The Lord had his seat as king when the waters came on the earth; the Lord is seated as king for ever.
11 May ADONAI give strength to his people! May ADONAI bless his people with shalom!
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The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will give his people the blessing of peace.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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