The heavenswill praiseYour wonders,O LORD;Your faithfulnessalsoin the assemblyof the holyones.
The heavensdeclareHis righteousness,And allthe peopleshave seenHis glory.
The heavensare tellingof the gloryof God;And their expanseis declaringthe workof His hands.
Shoutfor joy,O heavens,for the LORDhas done[it]! Shoutjoyfully,you lowerpartsof the earth;Breakforthinto a shoutof joy,you mountains,O forest,and everytreein it; For the LORDhas redeemedJacobAnd in IsraelHe showsforth His glory.
And the heavensdeclareHis righteousness,For GodHimselfis judge.Selah.
It was revealedto them that they were not servingthemselves,but you, in these thingswhichnowhave been announcedto you throughthosewho preached the gospelto you by the HolySpiritsentfrom heaven--things into whichangelslongto look.
and [to give] reliefto you who are afflictedand to us as well whenthe LordJesuswill be revealedfrom heavenwith His mightyangelsin flamingfire,
sothat the manifoldwisdomof Godmight nowbe made knownthroughthe churchto the rulersand the authoritiesin the heavenly[places].
"A riverof firewas flowingAnd comingout from beforeHim; Thousandsupon thousandswere attendingHim, And myriadsupon myriadswere standingbeforeHim; The courtsat,And the bookswere opened.
A Godgreatlyfearedin the councilof the holyones,And awesomeaboveallthose who are aroundHim?
"Callnow,is thereanyone who will answeryou? And to whichof the holyoneswill you turn?
He said,"The LORDcamefrom Sinai,And dawnedon them from Seir;He shoneforthfrom MountParan,And He camefrom the midst of tenthousandholyones;At His righthandthere was flashinglightningfor them.
"Whenyour daysare fulfilledthat you must go[to be] with your fathers,that I will setup [one of] your descendantsafteryou, whowill be of your sons;and I will establishhis kingdom.
"He shall buildfor Me a house,and I will establishhis throneforever.
SoI will singpraiseto Your nameforever,That I may paymy vowsdayby day.
"Ifhis sonsforsakeMy lawAnd do not walkin My judgments,
"It shall be establishedforeverlike the moon,And the witnessin the skyis faithful."Selah.
The LORDhas swornto DavidA truthfrom which He will not turnback:"Of the fruitof your bodyI will setupon your throne.
For a childwill be bornto us, a sonwill be givento us; And the governmentwill reston His shoulders;And His namewill be calledWonderfulCounselor,MightyGod,EternalFather,Princeof Peace.
