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He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”(A)

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11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.(A)

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Lord, who will not fear
    and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
    All nations will come
    and worship before you,
for your judgments have been revealed.”(A)

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And Ezra said,[a] “You are the Lord, you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. To all of them you give life, and the host of heaven worships you.(A)

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  1. 9.6 Gk: Heb lacks And Ezra said

18 The nations raged,
    but your wrath has come,
    and the time for judging the dead,
for rewarding your servants, the prophets
    and saints and all who fear your name,
    both small and great,
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”(A)

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11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
    and by your will they existed and were created.”(A)

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13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of everyone.(A) 14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including[a] every secret thing, whether good or evil.(B)

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  1. 12.14 Or into the judgment on

Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God,(A)
who made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith forever;(B)

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13 At that moment there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.(A)

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23 For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,(A) 25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things.(B)

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By the word of the Lord the heavens were made
    and all their host by the breath of his mouth.(A)

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10 they will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,

“Alas, alas, the great city,
    Babylon, the mighty city!
For in one hour your judgment has come.”(A)

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they were scorched by the fierce heat, but they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.(A)

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And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,(A)

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Our help is in the name of the Lord,
    who made heaven and earth.(A)

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15 “People,[a] why are you doing this? We are mortals just like you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.(A)

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  1. 14.15 Gk Men

A voice says, “Cry out!”
    And I said,[a] “What shall I cry?”
All flesh is grass;
    their constancy is like the flower of the field.(A)

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  1. 40.6 Q ms Gk Vg: MT and he said

And from the throne came a voice saying,

“Praise our God,
    all you his servants
and[a] all who fear him,
    small and great.”(A)

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  1. 19.5 Other ancient authorities lack and

Israel’s Apostasy

Set the trumpet to your lips!
    One like a vulture[a] is over the house of the Lord,
because they have broken my covenant
    and transgressed my law.(A)

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  1. 8.1 Meaning of Heb uncertain

10 But the Lord is the true God;
    he is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
    and the nations cannot endure his indignation.[a](A)

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  1. 10.10 Q ms Gk lack 10.10

12 Let them give glory to the Lord
    and declare his praise in the coastlands.(A)

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Wisdom’s Part in Creation

22 “The Lord created me at the beginning[a] of his work,[b]
    the first of his acts of long ago.(A)
23 Ages ago I was set up,
    at the first, before the beginning of the earth.(B)
24 When there were no depths I was brought forth,
    when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains had been shaped,
    before the hills, I was brought forth,(C)
26 when he had not yet made earth and fields[c]
    or the world’s first bits of soil.
27 When he established the heavens, I was there;
    when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,(D)
28 when he made firm the skies above,
    when he established the fountains of the deep,
29 when he assigned to the sea its limit,
    so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,(E)
30     then I was beside him, like a master worker,[d]
and I was daily his[e] delight,
    playing before him always,(F)
31 playing in his inhabited world
    and delighting in the human race.(G)

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  1. 8.22 Or me as the beginning
  2. 8.22 Heb way
  3. 8.26 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  4. 8.30 Or little child
  5. 8.30 Gk: Heb lacks his

a God feared in the council of the holy ones,
    great and awesome[a] above all who are around him?(A)

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  1. 89.7 Gk Syr: Heb greatly awesome

Psalm 36

Human Wickedness and Divine Goodness

To the leader. Of David, the servant of the Lord.

Transgression speaks to the wicked
    deep in their hearts;
there is no fear of God
    before their eyes.(A)

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19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel and make confession to him. Tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.”(A)

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