✧1Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise [him], O ye servants of the LORD. Copy✧2Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God, Copy✧3Praise the LORD; for the LORD [is] good: sing praises unto his name; for [it is] pleasant. Copy✧4For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure. Copy✧5For I know that the LORD [is] great, and [that] our Lord [is] above all gods. Copy✧6Whatsoever the LORD pleased, [that] did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. Copy✧7He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. Copy✧8Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. Copy