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12 Let them give glory to the Lord
    and declare his praise in the coastlands.(A)

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The Multitude from Every Nation

After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands.(A) 10 They cried out in a loud voice, saying,

“Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb!”(B)

11 And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 singing,

“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor
and power and might
be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”(C)

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They sing a new song:

“You are worthy to take the scroll
    and to break its seals,
for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God
    saints from[a] every tribe and language and people and nation;(A)
10 you have made them a kingdom and priests serving[b] our God,
    and they will reign[c] on earth.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 5.9 Gk ransomed for God from
  2. 5.10 Gk priests to
  3. 5.10 Other ancient authorities read they reign

and that the gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,

“Therefore I will confess you among the gentiles
    and sing praises to your name”;(A)

10 and again he says,

“Rejoice, O gentiles, with his people”;

11 and again,

“Praise the Lord, all you gentiles,
    and let all the peoples praise him”;

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18 for I know[a] their works and their thoughts.

I am[b] coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come and shall see my glory,(A) 19 and I will set a sign among them. From them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Put,[c] and Lud, to Meshech,[d] Tubal, and Javan, to the coastlands far away that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory, and they shall declare my glory among the nations.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 66.18 Gk Syr: Heb lacks know
  2. 66.18 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb it is
  3. 66.19 Gk: Heb Pul
  4. 66.19 Gk: Heb those drawing the bow

He will not grow faint or be crushed
    until he has established justice in the earth,
    and the coastlands wait for his teaching.(A)

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15 Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord;
    in the coastlands of the sea glorify the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.(A)
16 From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
    of glory to the Righteous One.

But I say, “I pine away;
    I pine away. Woe is me!
For the treacherous deal treacherously;
    the treacherous deal very treacherously.”(B)

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Psalm 117

Universal Call to Worship

Praise the Lord, all you nations!
    Extol him, all you peoples!(A)
For great is his steadfast love toward us,
    and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord!(B)

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Declare his glory among the nations,
    his marvelous works among all the peoples.(A)
For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised;
    he is to be revered above all gods.(B)
For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
    but the Lord made the heavens.(C)
Honor and majesty are before him;
    strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.(D)

Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,
    ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.(E)
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
    bring an offering, and come into his courts.(F)
Worship the Lord in holy splendor;
    tremble before him, all the earth.(G)

10 Say among the nations, “The Lord is king!
    The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved.
    He will judge the peoples with equity.”(H)

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27 All the ends of the earth shall remember
    and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    shall worship before him.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 22.27 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb you