he who appoints^(A) the sun
    to shine by day,
who decrees the moon and stars
    to shine by night,^(B)
who stirs up the sea^(C)
    so that its waves roar^(D)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name:^(E)

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

⁷ who made the great lights^(A)—
His love endures forever.
⁸ the sun to govern^(B) the day,
His love endures forever.
⁹ the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.

¹⁹ He made the moon to mark the seasons,^(A)
    and the sun^(B) knows when to go down.
²⁰ You bring darkness,^(C) it becomes night,^(D)
    and all the beasts of the forest^(E) prowl.

¹⁶ The day is yours, and yours also the night;
    you established the sun and moon.^(A)
17 It was you who set all the boundaries^(B) of the earth;
    you made both summer and winter.^(C)

³ When I consider your heavens,^(A)
    the work of your fingers,^(B)
the moon and the stars,^(C)
    which you have set in place,
⁴ what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?^[a](D)

⁸ He who made the Pleiades and Orion,^(A)
    who turns midnight into dawn^(B)
    and darkens day into night,^(C)
who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.^(D)