Nehemiah 9:5-7

New International Reader's Version

⁵Then some Levites spoke up. They included Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah. They said to the people, “Stand up. Praise the Lord your God. He lives for ever and ever!”

So the people said, “Lord, may your glorious name be praised. May it be lifted high above every other name that is blessed and praised. ⁶You are the one and only Lord. You made the heavens. You made even the highest heavens. You created all the stars in the sky. You created the earth and everything on it. And you made the oceans and everything in them. You give life to everything. Every living being in heaven worships you.

⁷“You are the Lord God. You chose Abram. You brought him out of Ur in the land of Babylon. You named him Abraham.

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Nehemiah 9:5-7

New International Version

⁵And the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah—said: “Stand up and praise the Lord your God,^(A) who is from everlasting to everlasting.^[a]”

“Blessed be your glorious name,^(B) and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. ⁶You alone are the Lord.^(C) You made the heavens,^(D) even the highest heavens, and all their starry host,^(E) the earth^(F) and all that is on it, the seas^(G) and all that is in them.^(H) You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven^(I) worship you.