40 So both choirs of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I and half of the officials with me;

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40 The two choirs that gave thanks then took their places in the house of God; so did I, together with half the officials,

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These things I remember,
    as I (A)pour out my soul:
(B)how I would go (C)with the throng
    and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
    (D)a multitude keeping festival.

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These things I remember
    as I pour out my soul:(A)
how I used to go to the house of God(B)
    under the protection of the Mighty One[a]
with shouts of joy(C) and praise(D)
    among the festive throng.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

31 Then I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and appointed two great choirs that gave thanks. (A)One went to the south on the wall to (B)the Dung Gate. 32 And after them went Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah,

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31 I had the leaders of Judah go up on top of[a] the wall. I also assigned two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on top of[b] the wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate.(A) 32 Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed them,

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 12:31 Or go alongside
  2. Nehemiah 12:31 Or proceed alongside

Come, Bless the Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents.

134 Come, bless the Lord, all you (B)servants of the Lord,
    who (C)stand (D)by night in the house of the Lord!
(E)Lift up your hands to (F)the holy place
    and bless the Lord!

May the Lord (G)bless you (H)from Zion,
    he who (I)made heaven and earth!

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Psalm 134

A song of ascents.

Praise the Lord, all you servants(A) of the Lord
    who minister(B) by night(C) in the house of the Lord.
Lift up your hands(D) in the sanctuary(E)
    and praise the Lord.(F)

May the Lord bless you from Zion,(G)
    he who is the Maker of heaven(H) and earth.

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Sing praises to God, sing praises!
    Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
For God is (A)the King of all the earth;
    sing praises (B)with a psalm![a]

God (C)reigns over the nations;
    God sits on his holy throne.
(D)The princes of the peoples gather
    as the people of the God of Abraham.
For (E)the shields of the earth belong to God;
    he is highly exalted!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 47:7 Hebrew maskil

Sing praises(A) to God, sing praises;
    sing praises to our King, sing praises.
For God is the King of all the earth;(B)
    sing to him a psalm(C) of praise.

God reigns(D) over the nations;
    God is seated on his holy throne.(E)
The nobles of the nations assemble
    as the people of the God of Abraham,
for the kings[a] of the earth belong to God;(F)
    he is greatly exalted.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 47:9 Or shields