The following Levites gave a call to worship: Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah. They said: "Stand up and praise the LORD your God; praise him forever and ever! Let everyone praise his glorious name, although no human praise is great enough."

And I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, in the world below, and in the sea---all living beings in the universe---and they were singing: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb, be praise and honor, glory and might, forever and ever!"

But I promise that as surely as I live and as surely as my presence fills the earth,

They were calling out to each other: "Holy, holy, holy! The LORD Almighty is holy! His glory fills the world."

On Zion, God's sacred hill, there will be nothing harmful or evil. The land will be as full of knowledge of the LORD as the seas are full of water.

But the earth will be as full of the knowledge of the LORD's glory as the seas are full of water.

Then the LORD will be king over all the earth; everyone will worship him as God and know him by the same name.

People from one end of the world to the other honor me. Everywhere they burn incense to me and offer acceptable sacrifices. All of them honor me!

may your Kingdom come; may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Do not bring us to hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One.'

Praise the LORD, the God of Israel! Praise him now and forever! Amen! Amen!

Praise the LORD forever! Amen! Amen!

May this water enter your stomach and cause it to swell up and your genital organs to shrink." The woman shall respond, "I agree; may the LORD do so."

"It shall be done," answered Benaiah, "and may the LORD your God confirm it!

"Wonderful! I hope the LORD will do this! I certainly hope he will make your prophecy come true and will bring back from Babylonia all the Temple treasures and all the people who were taken away as prisoners.

I am the living one! I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I have authority over death and the world of the dead.

He who gives his testimony to all this says, "Yes indeed! I am coming soon!" So be it. Come, Lord Jesus!