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Friday, March 13, 2015

Psalm 96: a 21st Century translation by Miriyam Glazer, Ph.D. (2009)

from Psalms of Jewish Liturgy (Avi Press):
Sing a new song to Adonai!  All the earth, sing to Adonai!
Sing to Adonai, bless God's Name, spread word of God's help day after day!

Tell all the nations of God's glory, tell all the people of God's wondrous acts.
For great is Adonai, worthy of praise, more awe-inspiring than all other gods.
Other kinds of gods are mere idols, but Adonai brought the heavens into being.

O, the radiance of God glows in the sky; strength, beauty are God's holy place.
To Adonai, family of nations, to Adonai, grant glorious strength!
Grant to Adonai the glory due the Name, bring an offering, come to God's court:
Worship Adonai in scared space; tremble before God, all the earth!

Let all the nations know Adonai rules: the world stands firm and will not falter,
for God judges all peoples fairly.
O heavens rejoice!  earth exult!
Let the sea and its fullness roar!
Let the field be glad -- and all that is in it,
all the trees in the forest, shout with joy!

For Adonai is coming, Adonai is on the way,
to judge the land,
to judge the earth with true justice
and the peoples of the world with truth!

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