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| 1 Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah from the heavens; praise him in the heights. |
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| 2 Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts. |
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| 3 Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light. |
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| 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.
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| 5 Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created: |
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| 6 And he established them for ever and ever; he made for them a statute which shall not pass. |
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| 7 Praise Jehovah from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps; |
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| 8 Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind fulfilling his word; |
Stormy wind – Ruach, invisible power. E174
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| 9 Mountains and all hills, fruit-trees and all cedars; |
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| 10 Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl; |
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| 11 Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth; |
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| 12 Both young men and maidens, old men with youths, -- |
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| 13 Let them praise the name of Jehovah: for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above the earth and the heavens. |
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| 14 And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Hallelujah! |
Exalteth the horn – Horns are symbols of power. T42
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