1  ^aAscribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,¹

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

2  Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;

worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.²

3  The voice of the Lord is over the waters;

the God of glory ^bthunders,

the Lord, over many waters.

4  The voice of the Lord is ^cpowerful;

the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

5  The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;

the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.

6  He makes Lebanon to ^dskip like a calf,

and ^eSirion like a young wild 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 Kadesh.

9  The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth³

and strips the forests bare,

and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

10  The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;

the Lord sits enthroned as ^fking forever.

11  May the Lord ^ggive strength to his people!

May the Lord bless⁴ his people with peace!