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1 Ascribe to the LORD, you heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
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Bravo, God, bravo! Gods and all angels shout, "Encore!"
2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.
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In awe before the glory, in awe before God's visible power. Stand at attention! Dress your best to honor him!
3 The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD thunders over the mighty waters.
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God thunders across the waters, Brilliant, his voice and his face, streaming brightness - God, across the flood waters.
4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.
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God's thunder tympanic, God's thunder symphonic.
5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
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God's thunder smashes cedars, God topples the northern cedars.
6 He makes Lebanon leap like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox.
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The mountain ranges skip like spring colts, The high ridges jump like wild kid goats.
7 The voice of the LORD strikes with flashes of lightning.
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God's thunder spits fire.
8 The voice of the LORD shakes the desert; the LORD shakes the Desert of Kadesh.
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God thunders, the wilderness quakes; He makes the desert of Kadesh shake.
9 The voice of the LORD twists the oaksand strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”
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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!"
10 The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
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Above the floodwaters is God's throne from which his power flows, from which he rules the world.
11 The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.
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God makes his people strong. God gives his people peace.
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