Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

148 ^(A)Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord ^(B)from the heavens;
    praise him ^(C)in the heights!
² Praise him, all his angels;
    praise him, all his ^(D)hosts!
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 for ever 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!

and ^(A)behold, with the clouds of heaven
    there came one like a son of man,
and he came to the ^(B)Ancient of Days
    and was presented before him.
^14 (C)And to him was given dominion
    and glory and a kingdom,
that all ^(D)peoples, nations, and languages
    should serve him;
^(E)his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
    which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom one
    that shall not be destroyed.