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!