The Message Bible MSG
English Standard Version ESV
1 Bravo, God, bravo! Gods and all angels shout, "Encore!"
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Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
2 In awe before the glory, in awe before God's visible power. Stand at attention! Dress your best to honor him!
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Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
3 God thunders across the waters, Brilliant, his voice and his face, streaming brightness - God, across the flood waters.
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The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters.
4 God's thunder tympanic, God's thunder symphonic.
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The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
5 God's thunder smashes cedars, God topples the northern cedars.
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The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
6 The mountain ranges skip like spring colts, The high ridges jump like wild kid goats.
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He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
7 God's thunder spits fire.
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The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
8 God thunders, the wilderness quakes; He makes the desert of Kadesh shake.
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The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 God's thunder sets the oak trees dancing A wild dance, whirling; the pelting rain strips their branches. We fall to our knees - we call out, "Glory!"
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The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in his temple all cry, “Glory! ”
10 Above the floodwaters is God's throne from which his power flows, from which he rules the world.
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The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
11 God makes his people strong. God gives his people peace.
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May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace!
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