✧Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places. ✧2Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts. ✧3Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars. ✧4Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies. ✧5Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created. ✧6He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away. ✧7Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths, ✧8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word, ✧9mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars, ✧10wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds, ✧11kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth, ✧12young men and maidens, old and young together. ✧13Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.