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Your Name, O LORD, Endures Forever

(2 Chronicles 7:1-3; Psalm 136:1-26)

^{1 (a)}Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,² who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.³ Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.⁴ For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.

⁵ For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.⁶ The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.⁷ He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings the wind from His storehouses.⁸ He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.⁹ He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.¹⁰ He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:¹¹ Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.¹² He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.¹³ Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.¹⁴ For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.

¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.¹⁶ They have mouths but cannot speak; they have eyes but cannot see;¹⁷ they have ears but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.¹⁸ Those who make them will be like them, as will all who trust in them.¹⁹ O house of Israel, praise the LORD; O house of Aaron, praise the LORD;²⁰ O house of Levi, praise the LORD; you who fear the LORD, praise the LORD!²¹ Blessed be the LORD from Zion—He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!