1  Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,1

cascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

2  Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;

worship the Lord in dthe splendor of holiness.2

3  The voice of the Lord is over ethe waters;

the God of glory fthunders,

the Lord, over many waters.

4  The voice of the Lord is gpowerful;

the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

5  The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;

the Lord breaks hthe cedars of Lebanon.

6  He makes Lebanon to iskip like a calf,

and jSirion like a young kwild ox.

7  The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.

8  The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;

the Lord shakes the wilderness of lKadesh.

9  The voice of the Lord makes mthe deer give birth3

and strips the forests bare,

and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

10  The Lord sits enthroned over nthe flood;

the Lord sits enthroned oas king forever.

11  May the Lord give pstrength to his people!

May the Lord bless4 his people with qpeace!