Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Praise the Name of the Lord
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 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!
16 And the twenty-four elders (A)who sit on their thrones before God (B)fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying,
“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,
(C)who is and who was,
for you have taken your great power
and (D)begun to reign.
18 The nations raged,
but (E)your wrath came,
and (F)the time for the dead to be judged,
and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints,
and (G)those who fear your name,
both small and great,
and (H)for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”
19 Then (I)God's temple in heaven was opened, and (J)the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings,[a] peals of thunder, an earthquake, and (K)heavy hail.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.