² Day after day they continue to speak;
    night after night they make him known.

¹⁶ Both day and night belong to you;
    you made the starlight^[a] and the sun.

¹ Oh, praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord,
    you who serve at night in the house of the Lord.
² Lift your hands toward the sanctuary,
    and praise the Lord.

³ May the Lord, who made heaven and earth,
    bless you from Jerusalem.^[a]

¹⁹ Only the living can praise you as I do today.
    Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.

⁷ Open up, ancient gates!
    Open up, ancient doors,
    and let the King of glory enter.
⁸ Who is the King of glory?
    The Lord, strong and mighty;
    the Lord, invincible in battle.
⁹ Open up, ancient gates!
    Open up, ancient doors,
    and let the King of glory enter.
¹⁰ Who is the King of glory?
    The Lord of Heaven’s Armies—
    he is the King of glory. Interlude

⁸ the sun to rule the day,
His faithful love endures forever.
⁹ and the moon and stars to rule the night.
His faithful love endures forever.

³     stories we have heard and known,
    stories our ancestors handed down to us.
⁴ We will not hide these truths from our children;
    we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the Lord,
    about his power and his mighty wonders.
⁵ For he issued his laws to Jacob;
    he gave his instructions to Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
    to teach them to their children,
⁶ so the next generation might know them—
    even the children not yet born—
    and they in turn will teach their own children.

“Sing to the Lord,
    for he has triumphed gloriously;
he has hurled both horse and rider
    into the sea.”