Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹ Halleluyah!
Praise Adonai from the heavens!
Praise Him in the highest!
² Praise Him all His angels!
Praise Him all His armies.
³ Praise Him, sun and moon! 
Praise Him, all stars of light.
⁴ Praise Him, highest heavens,
and waters above the heavens.
⁵ Let them praise the Name of Adonai,
for He commanded and they were created.
⁶ He set them in place forever and ever.
He made a decree that will never pass away.
⁷ Praise Adonai from the earth,
sea monsters and all depths,
⁸ fire and hail, snow and vapor,
    storm wind doing His bidding,
⁹ mountains and all hills,
    fruit trees and all cedars,
¹⁰ beasts and all cattle,
    crawling things and winged birds,
¹¹ kings of the earth and all peoples,
    princes and all rulers of earth,
¹² both young men and maidens,
    old men and children.
¹³ Let them praise the Name of Adonai,
for His Name alone is exalted.
His glory is above earth and heaven.
¹⁴ He has raised up a horn for His people,
a praise for all His kedoshim,^[a]
for the children of Israel—
    a people near to Him.
Halleluyah!

²² “Adonai brought me forth,
the first of His way,
before His works of old.
²³ From eternity I was appointed
from the beginning, before the world began.
²⁴ When there were no depths, I was brought forth,
when there were no fountains abounding with water.
²⁵ Before the mountains were shaped,
before the hills, I was brought forth.
²⁶ He had not yet made the land,
the fields, or the first dust of the earth.
²⁷ When He set the heavens in place, I was there.
When He inscribed the horizon on the face of the ocean,
²⁸ when He established the skies above,
when He securely fixed the fountains of the deep,
²⁹ when He set the boundaries for the sea,
so that the waters never transgress His command,
when He laid out earth’s foundations—
³⁰ then I was the craftsman beside Him,
I was His daily delight, always rejoicing before Him,
³¹ rejoicing in His whole world,
    and delighting in mankind.