and they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slaughtered, and with your blood you purchased for God people from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
In context
7He went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one seated on the throne. 8When he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each held a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints, 9and they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slaughtered, and with your blood you purchased for God people from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. 10You have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign on the earth.” 11Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels encircling the throne, the living creatures, and the elders — myriads of myriads, thousands of thousands —