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

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These things I remember,
    as I pour out my soul:
how I went with the throng[a]
    and led them in procession to the house of God,
with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving,
    a multitude keeping festival.(A)

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  1. 42.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain

31 Then I brought the leaders of Judah up onto the wall and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession. One went to the right on the wall to the Dung Gate,(A) 32 and after them went Hoshaiah and half the officials of Judah,

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Psalm 134

Praise in the Night

A Song of Ascents.

Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord,
    who stand by night in the house of the Lord!(A)
Lift up your hands to the holy place,
    and bless the Lord.(B)

May the Lord, maker of heaven and earth,
    bless you from Zion.

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. 47.7 Heb Maskil