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

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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

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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“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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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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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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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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  1. Genesis 14:13 Or terebinths

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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(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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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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(A)circumcised on the eighth day, (B)of the people of Israel, (C)of the tribe of Benjamin, (D)a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, (E)a Pharisee;

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23 For this very night (A)there (B)stood before me (C)an angel of the God (D)to whom I belong and (E)whom I worship,

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23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: (A)‘To the unknown god.’ (B)What therefore you worship (C)as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24 (D)The God who made the world and everything in it, being (E)Lord of heaven and earth, (F)does not live in temples made by man,[a] 25 nor is he served by human hands, (G)as though he needed anything, since he himself (H)gives to all mankind (I)life and breath and everything.

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  1. Acts 17:24 Greek made by hands

15 “Men, (A)why are you doing these things? We also are men, (B)of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that (C)you should turn from these (D)vain things to (E)a living God, (F)who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

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Afterward (A)the children of Israel shall return and (B)seek the Lord their God, and (C)David their king, (D)and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the (E)latter days.

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44 And in the days of those kings (A)the God of heaven will set up (B)a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. (C)It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and (D)it shall stand forever,

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18 (A)and told them to seek mercy from the (B)God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not (C)be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in (D)a vision of the night. Then Daniel (E)blessed the (F)God of heaven.

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Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason?

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Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?” So I prayed (A)to the God of heaven.

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12 “Artaxerxes, (A)king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the (B)scribe of the Law of the God of heaven. Peace.[a] (C)And now 13 (D)I make a decree that anyone of the people of Israel or their priests or Levites in my kingdom, who freely offers to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.

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  1. Ezra 7:12 Aramaic Perfect (probably a greeting)

11 And this was their reply to us: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, (A)which a great king of Israel built and (B)finished.

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32 (A)They also feared the Lord (B)and appointed from among themselves all sorts of people as priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of (C)the high places. 33 So they feared the Lord but also served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.

34 To this day they do according to the former manner. They do not fear the Lord, and they do not follow the statutes or the rules or the law or the commandment that the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, (D)whom he named Israel. 35 The Lord made a covenant with them and commanded them, (E)“You shall not fear other gods (F)or bow yourselves to them or serve them or sacrifice to them,

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