³ Praise him, sun and moon,
    praise him, all you shining stars!
⁴ Praise him, you ^(E)highest heavens,
    and you ^(F)waters above the heavens!

^5 (G)Let them praise the name of the Lord!
    For ^(H)he commanded and they were created.
⁶ And he ^(I)established them forever and ever;
    he gave ^(J)a decree, and it shall not ^(K)pass away.^[a]

⁷ Praise the Lord ^(L)from the earth,
    you ^(M)great sea creatures and all deeps,
^8 (N)fire and hail, ^(O)snow and mist,
    ^(P)stormy wind ^(Q)fulfilling his word!

^9 (R)Mountains and all hills,
    ^(S)fruit trees and all ^(T)cedars!
^10 (U)Beasts and all livestock,
    creeping things and ^(V)flying birds!

¹¹ Kings of the earth and ^(W)all peoples,
    princes and all rulers of the earth!
¹² Young men and maidens together,
    old men and children!

^13 (X)Let them praise the name of the Lord,
    for ^(Y)his name alone is exalted;
    ^(Z)his majesty is above earth and heaven.
¹⁴ He has ^(AA)raised up a horn for his people,
    ^(AB)praise for all his saints,
    for the people of Israel who are ^(AC)near to him.
^(AD)Praise the Lord!

^22 (A)“The Lord ^(B)possessed^[a] me at the beginning of his work,^[b]
    the first of his acts ^(C)of old.
²³ Ages ago I was ^(D)set up,
    at the first, ^(E)before the beginning of the earth.
²⁴ When there were no ^(F)depths I was ^(G)brought forth,
    when there were no springs abounding with water.
²⁵ Before the mountains ^(H)had been shaped,
    ^(I)before the hills, I was brought forth,
²⁶ before he had made the earth with its fields,
    or the first of the dust of the world.
²⁷ When he ^(J)established the heavens, I was there;
    when he drew ^(K)a circle on the face of the deep,
²⁸ when he ^(L)made firm the skies above,
    when he established^[c] the fountains of the deep,
²⁹ when he ^(M)assigned to the sea its ^(N)limit,
    so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out ^(O)the foundations of the earth,
³⁰     then ^(P)I was beside him, like a master workman,
and I was daily his^{[d] (Q)}delight,
    rejoicing before him always,
^31 (R)rejoicing in his ^(S)inhabited world
    and delighting in the children of man.