Psalm 148

Common English Bible

Praise the Lord from heaven!
    Praise God on the heights!
² Praise God, all of you who are his messengers!
    Praise God, all of you who comprise his heavenly forces!
³ Sun and moon, praise God!
    All of you bright stars, praise God!
⁴ You highest heaven, praise God!
    Do the same, you waters that are above the sky!
⁵ Let all of these praise the Lord’s name
    because God gave the command and they were created!
⁶ God set them in place always and forever.
    God made a law that will not be broken.

⁷ Praise the Lord from the earth,
    you sea monsters and all you ocean depths!
⁸ Do the same, fire and hail, snow and smoke,
    stormy wind that does what God says!
⁹ Do the same, you mountains, every single hill,
    fruit trees, and every single cedar!
¹⁰ Do the same, you animals—wild or tame—
    you creatures that creep along and you birds that fly!
¹¹ Do the same, you kings of the earth and every single person,
    you princes and every single ruler on earth!
¹² Do the same, you young men—young women too!—
    you who are old together with you who are young!

¹³ Let all of these praise the Lord’s name
    because only God’s name is high over all.
    Only God’s majesty is over earth and heaven.
¹⁴ God raised the strength^[a] of his people,
    the praise of all his faithful ones—
        that’s the Israelites,
        the people who are close to him.

Praise the Lord!