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    After this, I heard what sounded like a vast crowd in heaven shouting, 
 “Praise the Lord !  1  
 Salvation and glory and power belong to our God. 
  
  
  
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    His judgments are true and just. 
 He has punished the great prostitute 
 who corrupted the earth with her immorality. 
 He has avenged the murder of his servants.” 
  
    
  
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    And again their voices rang out: 
 “Praise the Lord ! 
 The smoke from that city ascends forever and ever!” 
  
    
  
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    Then the twenty-four elders and the four living beings fell down and worshiped God, who was sitting on the throne. They cried out, “Amen! Praise the Lord !” 
  
    
  
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    And from the throne came a voice that said, 
 “Praise our God, 
 all his servants, 
 all who fear him, 
 from the least to the greatest.”