¹⁸ it is we who extol the Lord,^(A)
    both now and forevermore.^(B)

Praise the Lord.^[a](C)

² Let the name of the Lord be praised,^(A)
    both now and forevermore.^(B)

“Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever;^(A)
    wisdom and power^(B) are his.

“To him who sits on the throne^(B) and to the Lamb^(C)
    be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”^(D)

²¹ My mouth will speak^(A) in praise of the Lord.
    Let every creature^(B) praise his holy name^(C)
    for ever and ever.

¹⁷ I will not die^(A) but live,
    and will proclaim^(B) what the Lord has done.
¹⁸ The Lord has chastened^(C) me severely,
    but he has not given me over to death.^(D)
19 Open for me the gates^(E) of the righteous;
    I will enter^(F) and give thanks to the Lord.