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While the morning stars sang together
    and all the sons of God[a] shouted for joy?

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  1. 38:7 Sons of God: see note on 1:6.

Praise him, all you his angels;
    give praise, all you his hosts.(A)

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One cried out to the other:

“Holy, holy, holy[a] is the Lord of hosts!
    All the earth is filled with his glory!”

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  1. 6:3 Holy, holy, holy: these words have been used in Christian liturgy from the earliest times.

13 And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying:

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14 [a]“Glory to God in the highest(A)
    and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

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  1. 2:14 On earth peace to those on whom his favor rests: the peace that results from the Christ event is for those whom God has favored with his grace. This reading is found in the oldest representatives of the Western and Alexandrian text traditions and is the preferred one; the Byzantine text tradition, on the other hand, reads: “on earth peace, good will toward men.” The peace of which Luke’s gospel speaks (Lk 2:14; 7:50; 8:48; 10:5–6; 19:38, 42; 24:36) is more than the absence of war of the pax Augusta; it also includes the security and well-being characteristic of peace in the Old Testament.

11 I looked again and heard the voices of many angels who surrounded the throne and the living creatures and the elders. They were countless[a] in number,(A)

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  1. 5:11 Countless: literally, “100,000,000 plus 1,000,000,” used by the author to express infinity.

12 and they cried out in a loud voice:

“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
    to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength,
    honor and glory and blessing.”

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11 All the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They prostrated themselves before the throne, worshiped God,

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12 and exclaimed:

“Amen. Blessing and glory, wisdom and thanksgiving,
    honor, power, and might
    be to our God forever and ever. Amen.”

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