The Whole Creation Invoked to Praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD!Praise the LORD afrom the heavens;Praise Him bin the heights!Ps 69:34Job 16:19; Ps 102:19; Matt 21:92 Praise Him, aall His angels;Praise Him, ball His hosts !Ps 103:20Ps 103:213 Praise Him, sun and moon:Praise Him, all stars of light!4 Praise Him, ahighest heavens,And the bwaters above the heavens!Deut 10:14; 1 Kin 8:27; Neh 9:6; Ps 68:33Gen 1:75 Let them praise the name of the LORD,For aHe commanded and they were created.Gen 1:1; Ps 33:6, 96 He has also aestablished them forever and ever;He has made a bdecree which shall not pass away.Ps 89:37; Jer 31:35, 36; 33:20, 25Job 38:33
7 Praise the LORD from the earth,aSea monsters and all bdeeps;Gen 1:21; Ps 74:13Gen 1:2; Deut 33:13; Hab 3:108 aLightning and hail, bsnow and cfog;dStormy wind, efulfilling His orders;Ps 18:12Ps 147:16Ps 135:7Ps 107:25Job 37:12; Ps 103:209 aMountains and all hills;Fruitful btrees and all cedars;Is 44:23; 49:13Is 55:1210 aBeasts and all cattle;bCreeping things and winged birds;Is 43:20Hos 2:1811 aKings of the earth and all people;Princes and all judges of the earth;Ps 102:1512 Both young men and virgins;Old men and children.
13 Let them praise the name of the LORD,For His aname alone is exalted and supreme;His bglory and majesty are above earth and heaven.Is 12:4Ps 8:1; 113:414 He has alifted up a horn for His people giving them strength, prosperity, dignity, and preeminence,bPraise for all His godly ones;For the people of Israel, a people cnear to Him.Praise the LORD! Ps 75:10; Eph 2:171 Sam 2:1; Ps 75:10Deut 10:21; Ps 109:1; Jer 17:14Lev 10:3; Eph 2:17