And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear (A)the Lord, the God of heaven, (B)who made the sea and the dry land.”

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He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord,(A) the God of heaven,(B) who made the sea(C) and the dry land.(D)

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(A)Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose (B)hope is in the Lord his God,
(C)who made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them,
(D)who keeps faith forever;

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Blessed are those(A) whose help(B) is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God.

He is the Maker of heaven(C) and earth,
    the sea, and everything in them—
    he remains faithful(D) forever.

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The sea is his, for (A)he made it,
    and his hands formed (B)the dry land.

Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
    let us (C)kneel before the Lord, our (D)Maker!

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The sea is his, for he made it,
    and his hands formed the dry land.(A)

Come, let us bow down(B) in worship,(C)
    let us kneel(D) before the Lord our Maker;(E)

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26 Give thanks to (A)the God of heaven,
    for his steadfast love endures forever.

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26 Give thanks(A) to the God of heaven.(B)
His love endures forever.(C)

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[a] (A)“You are the Lord, you alone. (B)You have made heaven, (C)the heaven of heavens, (D)with all their host, (E)the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; (F)and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:6 Septuagint adds And Ezra said

You alone are the Lord.(A) You made the heavens,(B) even the highest heavens, and all their starry host,(C) the earth(D) and all that is on it, the seas(E) and all that is in them.(F) You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven(G) worship you.

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Nehemiah's Prayer

As soon as I heard these words I (A)sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the (B)God of heaven.

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When I heard these things, I sat down and wept.(A) For some days I mourned and fasted(B) and prayed before the God of heaven.

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“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and (A)he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

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“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:

“‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed(A) me to build(B) a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah.

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28 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in (A)Bethel and taught them how they should fear the Lord.

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28 So one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came to live in Bethel and taught them how to worship the Lord.

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25 And at the beginning of their dwelling there, they did not fear the Lord. Therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

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25 When they first lived there, they did not worship the Lord; so he sent lions(A) among them and they killed some of the people.

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13 Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, (A)who was living by the (B)oaks[a] of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 14:13 Or terebinths

13 A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew.(A) Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre(B) the Amorite, a brother[a] of Eshkol(C) and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 14:13 Or a relative; or an ally

11 and cursed (A)the God of heaven for their pain and (B)sores. (C)They did not repent of their deeds.

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11 and cursed(A) the God of heaven(B) because of their pains and their sores,(C) but they refused to repent of what they had done.(D)

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(A)Who will not fear, O Lord,
    and glorify your name?
For you alone are (B)holy.
    (C)All nations will come
    and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”

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Who will not fear you, Lord,(A)
    and bring glory to your name?(B)
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
    and worship before you,(C)
for your righteous acts(D) have been revealed.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 15:4 Phrases in this song are drawn from Psalm 111:2,3; Deut. 32:4; Jer. 10:7; Psalms 86:9; 98:2.

13 And at that hour there was (A)a great earthquake, and (B)a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and (C)gave glory to (D)the God of heaven.

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13 At that very hour there was a severe earthquake(A) and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory(B) to the God of heaven.(C)

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