1 Praise you⌃ the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the highest.

2 Praise you⌃ him, all his angels: praise you⌃ him, all his hosts.

3 Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you⌃ stars and light.

4 Praise him, you⌃ heavens of heavens, and the water that is above the heavens.

5 Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.

6 He has established them for ever, even for ever and ever: he has made an ordinance, and it shall not pass away.

7 Praise the Lord from the earth, you⌃ serpents, and all deeps.

8 Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind; the things that perform his word.

9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:

10 wild beasts, and all cattle; reptiles, and winged birds:

11 kings of the earth, and all peoples; princes, and all judges of the earth:

12 young men and virgins, old men with youths:

13 let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name only is exalted; his praise is above the earth and heaven,

14 and he shall exalt the horn of his people, *Or, who is the praise of. there is a hymn for all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people who draw near to him.