Response:
Let them praise the name of the Lord.
Verse 1:
Praise the Lord from the heavens,
praise him in the heights.
Praise him, all his angels,
praise him, all his host.
Verse 2:
Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, shining stars.
Praise him, highest heavens
and the waters above the heavens.
Verse 3:
Praise him, all mountains and hills,
all fruit trees and cedars,
beasts, wild and tame,
reptiles and birds on the wing.
Verse 4:
All earth’s kings and peoples, praise him,
earth’s princes and rulers;
young men and maidens,
old men together with children.
Verse 5:
Let them praise the name of the Lord
for he alone is exalted.
The splendour of his name
reaches beyond heaven and earth.