Let Everything Praise the Lord

150 (A)Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his (B)sanctuary;
    praise him in (C)his mighty heavens![a]

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  1. Psalm 150:1 Hebrew expanse (compare Genesis 1:6–8)

Sing to the Lord a New Song

149 (A)Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord (B)a new song,
    his praise in (C)the assembly of the godly!

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(A)Lift up your hands to (B)the holy place
    and bless the Lord!

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18 I will (A)pay my vows to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
19 in (B)the courts of the house of the Lord,
    in your midst, O Jerusalem.
(C)Praise the Lord!

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The voice of the Lord makes (A)the deer give birth[a]
    and strips the forests bare,
    and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

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  1. Psalm 29:9 Revocalization yields makes the oaks to shake

(A)And those who are wise (B)shall shine like the brightness of the sky above;[a] and (C)those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

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  1. Daniel 12:3 Hebrew the expanse; compare Genesis 1:6–8

The Glory of the Lord Leaves the Temple

10 Then I looked, and behold, (A)on the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something (B)like a sapphire,[a] in appearance like a throne.

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  1. Ezekiel 10:1 Or lapis lazuli

19 (A)Open to me the gates of righteousness,
    that I may enter through them
    and give thanks to the Lord.
20 This is the gate of the Lord;
    (B)the righteous shall enter through it.

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19 that he (A)looked down from his holy height;
    from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,

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And God said, (A)“Let there be an expanse[a] in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” And God made[b] the expanse and (B)separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were (C)above the expanse. And it was so. And God called the expanse Heaven.[c] And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

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  1. Genesis 1:6 Or a canopy; also verses 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 20
  2. Genesis 1:7 Or fashioned; also verse 16
  3. Genesis 1:8 Or Sky; also verses 9, 14, 15, 17, 20, 26, 28, 30; 2:1

22 Over the heads of the living creatures there was (A)the likeness of an expanse, shining like awe-inspiring (B)crystal, spread out above their heads. 23 And under the expanse their wings were (C)stretched out straight, one toward another. (D)And each creature had two wings covering its body. 24 And when they went, I heard the sound of their wings (E)like the sound of many waters, like (F)the sound of the (G)Almighty, a sound of tumult (H)like the sound of an army. When they stood still, they let down their wings. 25 And there came a voice from above (I)the expanse over their heads. When they stood still, they let down their wings.

26 And above the expanse over their heads there was (J)the likeness of a throne, (K)in appearance (L)like sapphire;[a] and seated above the likeness of a throne was (M)a likeness with a human appearance.

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  1. Ezekiel 1:26 Or lapis lazuli

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

13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings;
    I will (A)perform my vows to you,
14 that which my lips uttered
    and my mouth promised (B)when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals,
    with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;
I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah

16 (C)Come and hear, all you who fear God,
    and I will tell what he has done for my soul.

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