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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven,

for all his works are truth,
    and his ways are justice;
he is able to bring low
    those who walk in pride.(A)

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But God gives all the more grace; therefore it says,

“God opposes the proud
    but gives grace to the humble.”(A)

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.(B)

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For the word of the Lord is upright,
    and all his work is done in faithfulness.(A)
He loves righteousness and justice;
    the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.(B)

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In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders.[a] And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for

“God opposes the proud
    but gives grace to the humble.”(A)

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time.

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  1. 5.5 Or of those who are older

Talk no more so very proudly;
    let not arrogance come from your mouth,
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
    and by him actions are weighed.(A)

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The Rock, his work is perfect,
    and all his ways are just.
A faithful God, without deceit,
    just and upright is he;(A)

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But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[a] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.(A)

10 Once you were not a people,
    but now you are God’s people;
once you had not received mercy,
    but now you have received mercy.(B)

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  1. 2.9 Gk a people for his possession

24 The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,(A)

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63 in order that you may remember and be confounded and never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I forgive you all that you have done, says the Lord God.(A)

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17 The Lord is just in all his ways
    and kind in all his doings.
18 The Lord is near to all who call on him,
    to all who call on him in truth.(A)

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75 I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right
    and that in faithfulness you have humbled me.(A)

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11 Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
    and look on all who are proud and humble them.(A)
12 Look on all who are proud and bring them low;
    tread down the wicked where they stand.(B)

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11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because he delivered the people from the Egyptians,[a] when they dealt arrogantly with them.”(A)

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  1. 18.11 The clause because . . . Egyptians has been transposed from verse 10

And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb:

“Great and amazing are your deeds,
    Lord God the Almighty!
Just and true are your ways,
    King of the nations![a](A)

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  1. 15.3 Other ancient authorities read the ages

Jesus Thanks His Father

25 At that time Jesus said, “I thank[a] you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;(A)

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  1. 11.25 Or praise

20 But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he acted proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his glory was stripped from him.(A) 21 He was driven from human society, and his mind was made like that of an animal. His dwelling was with the wild asses, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until he learned that the Most High God has sovereignty over the kingdom of mortals and sets over it whomever he will.(B) 22 And you, Belshazzar his son, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this!(C) 23 You have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven! The vessels of his temple have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have been drinking wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose power is your very breath and to whom belong all your ways, you have not honored.(D)

24 “So from his presence the hand was sent and this writing was inscribed.(E)

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Nebuchadnezzar Praises God

34 When that period was over, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me.

I blessed the Most High
    and praised and honored the one who lives forever.
For his sovereignty is an everlasting sovereignty,
    and his kingdom endures from generation to generation.(A)

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16 But the Lord of hosts is exalted by justice,
    and the Holy God shows himself holy by righteousness.(A)

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Mighty King,[a] lover of justice,
    you have established equity;
you have executed justice
    and righteousness in Jacob.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 99.4 Cn: Heb And a king’s strength

The Rejoicing in Heaven

19 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,

“Hallelujah!
Salvation and glory and power to our God,(A)
    for his judgments are true and just;
he has judged the great whore[a]
    who corrupted the earth with her prostitution,
and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”(B)

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  1. 19.2 Or prostitute

And I heard the altar respond,

“Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty,
    your judgments are true and just!”(A)

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They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.(A)

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30 and the king said, “Is this not magnificent Babylon, which I have built as a royal capital by my mighty power and for my glorious majesty?”(A) 31 While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came down from heaven: “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: The kingdom is taken from you!(B)

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How great are his signs,
    how mighty his wonders!
His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
    and his sovereignty is from generation to generation.(A)

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56 Was not your sister Sodom a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride,

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