Let (A)the heavens praise your (B)wonders, O Lord,
    your faithfulness in the assembly of (C)the holy ones!

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The heavens(A) praise your wonders, Lord,
    your faithfulness too, in the assembly(B) of the holy ones.

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(A)The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
    and all (B)the peoples see his glory.

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The heavens proclaim his righteousness,(A)
    and all peoples see his glory.(B)

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The Law of the Lord Is Perfect

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

19 (A)The heavens declare the glory of God,
    and the sky above[a] proclaims his handiwork.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 19:1 Hebrew the expanse; compare Genesis 1:6–8

Psalm 19[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

The heavens(A) declare(B) the glory of God;(C)
    the skies(D) proclaim the work of his hands.(E)

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  1. Psalm 19:1 In Hebrew texts 19:1-14 is numbered 19:2-15.

23 (A)Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it;
    shout, O (B)depths of the earth;
break forth into singing, O mountains,
    O forest, and every tree in it!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
    (C)and will be glorified[a] in Israel.

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  1. Isaiah 44:23 Or will display his beauty

23 Sing for joy,(A) you heavens, for the Lord has done this;
    shout aloud, you earth(B) beneath.
Burst into song, you mountains,(C)
    you forests and all your trees,(D)
for the Lord has redeemed(E) Jacob,
    he displays his glory(F) in Israel.

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10 and crying out with a loud voice, (A)“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and (B)the four living creatures, and they (C)fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 (D)saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

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10 And they cried out in a loud voice:

“Salvation belongs to our God,(A)
who sits on the throne,(B)
and to the Lamb.”

11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders(C) and the four living creatures.(D) They fell down on their faces(E) before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying:

“Amen!
Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!”(F)

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(A)The heavens declare his righteousness,
    for (B)God himself is judge! Selah

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And the heavens proclaim(A) his righteousness,
    for he is a God of justice.[a][b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:6 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text for God himself is judge
  2. Psalm 50:6 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Rejoicing in Heaven

19 After this I heard (A)what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out,

“Hallelujah!
(B)Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
    for (C)his judgments are true and just;
for he has judged (D)the great prostitute
    who corrupted the earth with her immorality,
and (E)has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”

Once more they cried out,

“Hallelujah!
(F)The smoke from her goes up forever and ever.”

And (G)the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!” And from the throne came a voice saying,

(H)“Praise our God,
    all you his servants,
(I)you who fear him,
    small and great.”

The Marriage Supper of the Lamb

Then I heard what seemed to be (J)the voice of a great multitude, like (K)the roar of many waters and (L)like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out,

“Hallelujah!
For the Lord our God
    the Almighty (M)reigns.

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Threefold Hallelujah Over Babylon’s Fall

19 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude(A) in heaven shouting:

“Hallelujah!(B)
Salvation(C) and glory and power(D) belong to our God,
    for true and just are his judgments.(E)
He has condemned the great prostitute(F)
    who corrupted the earth by her adulteries.
He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”(G)

And again they shouted:

“Hallelujah!(H)
The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever.”(I)

The twenty-four elders(J) and the four living creatures(K) fell down(L) and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried:

“Amen, Hallelujah!”(M)

Then a voice came from the throne, saying:

“Praise our God,
    all you his servants,(N)
you who fear him,
    both great and small!”(O)

Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude,(P) like the roar of rushing waters(Q) and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:

“Hallelujah!(R)
    For our Lord God Almighty(S) reigns.(T)

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11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering (A)myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice,

(B)“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”

13 And I heard (C)every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,

“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”

14 And the four living creatures (D)said, “Amen!” and the elders (E)fell down and worshiped.

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11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand.(A) They encircled the throne and the living creatures(B) and the elders.(C) 12 In a loud voice they were saying:

“Worthy is the Lamb,(D) who was slain,(E)
    to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
    and honor and glory and praise!”(F)

13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth(G) and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:

“To him who sits on the throne(H) and to the Lamb(I)
    be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”(J)

14 The four living creatures(K) said, “Amen,”(L) and the elders(M) fell down and worshiped.(N)

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14 It was also about these that Enoch, (A)the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, (B)“Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 (C)to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have (D)committed in such an ungodly way, and of all (E)the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

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14 Enoch,(A) the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming(B) with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones(C) 15 to judge(D) everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[a](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:15 From the Jewish First Book of Enoch (approximately the first century b.c.)

12 (A)It was revealed to them that (B)they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you (C)by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, (D)things into which angels long to look.

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12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you,(A) when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you(B) by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven.(C) Even angels long to look into these things.

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22 But you have come to (A)Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, (B)the heavenly Jerusalem, and to (C)innumerable angels in festal gathering, 23 and to (D)the assembly[a] of the firstborn who are (E)enrolled in heaven, and to (F)God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

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  1. Hebrews 12:23 Or church

22 But you have come to Mount Zion,(A) to the city(B) of the living God,(C) the heavenly Jerusalem.(D) You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the church of the firstborn,(E) whose names are written in heaven.(F) You have come to God, the Judge of all,(G) to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,(H)

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and to grant (A)relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when (B)the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven (C)with his mighty angels

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and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven(A) in blazing fire(B) with his powerful angels.(C)

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10 so that through the church the manifold (A)wisdom of God (B)might now be made known to (C)the rulers and authorities (D)in the heavenly places.

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10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God(A) should be made known(B) to the rulers and authorities(C) in the heavenly realms,(D)

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