Praise the Name of the Lord

¹rPraise the Lord!

Praise the Lord sfrom the heavens;

praise him tin the heights!

²Praise him, all his angels;

praise him, all his uhosts!

³Praise him, sun and moon,

praise him, all you shining stars!

⁴Praise him, you vhighest heavens,

and you wwaters above the heavens!

⁵xLet them praise the name of the Lord!

For yhe commanded and they were created.

⁶And he zestablished them forever and ever;

he gave aa decree, and it shall not bpass away.1

⁷Praise the Lord cfrom the earth,

you dgreat sea creatures and all deeps,

⁸efire and hail, fsnow and mist,

gstormy wind hfulfilling his word!

⁹iMountains and all hills,

jfruit trees and all kcedars!

¹⁰lBeasts and all livestock,

creeping things and mflying birds!

¹¹Kings of the earth and nall peoples,

princes and all rulers of the earth!

¹²Young men and maidens together,

old men and children!

¹³oLet them praise the name of the Lord,

for phis name alone is exalted;

qhis majesty is above earth and heaven.

¹⁴He has rraised up a horn for his people,

spraise for all his saints,

for the people of Israel who are tnear to him.

uPraise the Lord!