[1] Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from heaven! Praise God on the heights! [2] Praise God, all of you who are his messengers! Praise God, all of you who comprise his heavenly forces! [3] Sun and moon, praise God! All of you bright stars, praise God! [4] You highest heaven, praise God! Do the same, you waters that are above the sky! [5] Let all of these praise the LORD’s name because God gave the command and they were created! [6] God set them in place always and forever. God made a law that will not be broken. [7] Praise the LORD from the earth, you sea monsters and all you ocean depths! [8] Do the same, fire and hail, snow and smoke, stormy wind that does what God says! [9] Do the same, you mountains, every single hill, fruit trees, and every single cedar! [10] Do the same, you animals—wild or tame—you creatures that creep along and you birds that fly! [11] Do the same, you kings of the earth and every single person, you princes and every single ruler on earth! [12] Do the same, you young men—young women too!—you who are old together with you who are young! [13] Let all of these praise the LORD’s name because only God’s name is high over all. Only God’s majesty is over earth and heaven. [14] God raised the strength of his people, the praise of all his faithful ones—that’s the Israelites, the people who are close to him. Praise the LORD!
