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!

^13 (A)Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
    break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord ^(B)has comforted his people
    and will have compassion on his afflicted.

¹⁴ But Zion said, ^(C)“The Lord has forsaken me;
    my Lord has forgotten me.”

^15 (D)“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
    that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
    yet I will not forget you.
¹⁶ Behold, ^(E)I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
    your walls are continually before me.
¹⁷ Your builders make haste;^{[a]
    (F)}your destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.
^18 (G)Lift up your eyes around and see;
    they all gather, they come to you.
^(H)As I live, declares the Lord,
    ^(I)you shall put them all on as an ornament;
    you shall bind them on as a bride does.

¹⁹ “Surely your waste and your desolate places
    and your devastated land—
^(J)surely now you will be too narrow for your inhabitants,
    and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
^20 (K)The children of your bereavement
    will yet say in your ears:
^(L)‘The place is too narrow for me;
    make room for me to dwell in.’
²¹ Then you will say in your heart:
    ‘Who has borne me these?
^(M)I was bereaved and barren,
    exiled and put away,
    but who has brought up these?
Behold, I was left alone;
    from where have these come?’”

²² Thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
    ^(N)and raise my signal to the peoples;
^(O)and they shall bring your sons in their arms,^[b]
    and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
^23 (P)Kings shall be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.
^(Q)With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,
    and ^(R)lick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
    ^(S)those who wait for me ^(T)shall not be put to shame.”