1  Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord ^efrom the heavens;

praise him in the ^fheights!

2  Praise him, all his angels;

praise him, all his hosts!

3  Praise him, sun and moon,

praise him, all you shining stars!

4  Praise him, you highest heavens,

and you waters ^gabove the heavens!

5  Let them praise the name of the Lord!

For ^hhe commanded and they were created.

6  And he established them forever and ever;

he gave a ⁱdecree, and it shall not pass away.¹

7  Praise the Lord from the earth,

you great sea creatures and all deeps,

8  ^jfire and ^khail, ^lsnow and mist,

^mstormy wind fulfilling his word!

9  ⁿMountains and all hills,

fruit ^otrees and all cedars!

10  Beasts and all livestock,

creeping things and flying birds!

11  Kings of the earth and ^pall peoples,

princes and all rulers of the earth!

12  Young men and maidens together,

old men and children!

13  Let them praise the name of the Lord,

for his name alone is exalted;

^qhis majesty is above earth and heaven.

14  He has raised up a ^rhorn for his people,

praise for all his saints,

for the people of Israel who are near to him.

Praise the Lord!

1  Praise the Lord!

^sSing to the Lord a new song,

his praise in the assembly of the godly!

2  ^tLet Israel be glad in his Maker;

let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!

3  Let them praise his name with ^udancing,

making melody to him with ^vtambourine and lyre!

4  For the Lord ^wtakes pleasure in his people;

he adorns the humble with salvation.

5  Let the godly exult in glory;

let them sing for joy on their beds.

6  Let the ^xhigh praises of God be in their throats

and two-edged swords in their hands,

7  to execute vengeance on the nations

and punishments on the peoples,

8  to bind their kings with chains

and their nobles with fetters of iron,

9  to execute on them the judgment written!

This is honor for all his godly ones.

Praise the Lord!

1  Praise the Lord!

Praise God in his sanctuary;

praise him in his mighty heavens!¹

2  Praise him for his mighty deeds;

praise him according to his excellent greatness!

3  Praise him with ^ytrumpet sound;

praise him with ^zlute and ^aharp!

4  Praise him with ^btambourine and ^cdance;

praise him with strings and pipe!

5  Praise him with sounding ^dcymbals;

praise him with loud clashing cymbals!

6  ^eLet everything that has breath praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord!