The Whole Creation Invoked to Praise the LORD.
1Praise 2the LORD!Praise the LORD afrom the heavens;Praise Him bin the heights!Or Hallelujah!Heb YAHPs 69:34Job 16:19; Ps 102:19; Matt 21:92 Praise Him, aall His angels;Praise Him, ball His heavenly armies!Ps 103:20Ps 103:213 Praise Him, sun and moon;Praise Him, all stars of light!4 Praise Him, 1ahighest heavens,And the bwaters that are above the heavens!Lit heavens of heavensDeut 10:14; 1 Kin 8:27; Neh 9:6; Ps 68:33Gen 1:75 They are to 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, and it will 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 the ocean bdepths;Gen 1:21; Ps 74:13Gen 1:2; Deut 33:13; Hab 3:108 aFire and hail, bsnow and cclouds;dStormy wind, efulfilling His word;Ps 18:12Ps 147:16Ps 135:7Ps 107:25Job 37:12; Ps 103:209 aMountains and all hills;Fruit btrees and all cedars;Is 44:23; 49:13Is 55:1210 aAnimals and all cattle;bCrawling things and winged fowl;Is 43:20Hos 2:1811 aKings of the earth and all peoples;Rulers and all judges of the earth;Ps 102:1512 Both young men and virgins;Old men and children.
13 They are to praise the name of the LORD,For His aname alone is exalted;His bmajesty is above earth and heaven.Is 12:4Ps 8:1; 113:414 And He has alifted up a horn for His people,bPraise for all His godly ones,For the sons of Israel, a people cnear to Him.1Praise 2the LORD!Or Hallelujah!Heb YAH1 Sam 2:1; Ps 75:10Deut 10:21; Ps 109:1; Jer 17:14Lev 10:3; Eph 2:17