A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,
Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant!
Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.
But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to generation; all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?” At the same time my reason returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and still more greatness was added to me. Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.
O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty.
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good.
And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying, “Worthy are you, 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.”
“If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly; then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
but you, O Lord, are on high forever.
The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!”
I said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you;
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,
Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says, “‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?
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