⁷ “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,^(A)
    or the birds in the sky,^(B) and they will tell you;^(C)
8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
    or let the fish in the sea inform you.
⁹ Which of all these does not know^(D)
    that the hand of the Lord has done this?^(E)
10 In his hand is the life^(F) of every creature
    and the breath of all mankind.^(G)

³ Praise him, sun^(A) and moon;
    praise him, all you shining stars.

⁸ lightning and hail,^(A) snow and clouds,
    stormy winds that do his bidding,^(B)

¹¹ kings^(A) of the earth and all nations,
    you princes and all rulers on earth,
¹² young men and women,
    old men and children.

¹³ Let them praise the name of the Lord,^(B)
    for his name alone is exalted;
    his splendor^(C) is above the earth and the heavens.^(D)