1 Alleluia. Praise the Lord from the heavens. Praise him on the heights. 2 Praise him, all his Angels. Praise him, all his hosts. 3 Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all stars and light. 4 Praise him, heavens of the heavens. And let all the waters that are above the heavens 5 praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created. 6 He has stationed them in eternity, and for age after age. He has established a precept, and it will not pass away. 7 Praise the Lord from the earth: you dragons and all deep places, 8 fire, hail, snow, ice, windstorms, which do his word, 9 mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars, 10 wild beasts and all cattle, serpents and feathered flying things, 11 kings of the earth and all peoples, leaders and all judges of the earth, 12 young men and virgins. Let the older men with the younger men, praise the name of the Lord. 13 For his name alone is exalted. 14 Confession of him is beyond heaven and earth, and he has exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his holy ones, to the sons of Israel, to a people close to him. Alleluia.
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- Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering, with the psalm titles counted as verse 1 (as in the Vulgate).
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 89:5; Psalm 69:34; Revelation 19:1–6; Luke 2:13–14; Psalm 146:1
- 2 Psalm 103:20–21; Isaiah 6:2–4; Revelation 5:11–13; Ezekiel 3:12; Genesis 2:1
- 3 Psalm 19:1–6; Psalm 8:1–3; Psalm 136:7–9; Genesis 1:14–16; Psalm 89:36–37
- 4 1 Kings 8:27; Genesis 1:7; Deuteronomy 10:14; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 104:3
- 5 Revelation 4:11; Genesis 1:6; Psalm 33:6–9; Genesis 1:1–2; Jeremiah 10:11–13
- 6 Jeremiah 33:25; Jeremiah 31:35–36; Psalm 89:37; Job 38:33; Psalm 119:90–91
- 7 Psalm 74:13–14; Genesis 1:21; Psalm 104:25–26; Job 41:1–34; Isaiah 43:20
- 8 Psalm 147:15–18; Revelation 16:21; Revelation 16:8–9; Psalm 18:12; Numbers 16:35
- 9 Isaiah 44:23; Isaiah 49:13; Isaiah 55:12–13; Psalm 97:4–5; Psalm 98:7–9
- 10 Genesis 1:20–25; Psalm 150:6; Psalm 103:22; Ezekiel 17:23; Genesis 7:14
- 11 Isaiah 60:3; Psalm 102:15; Revelation 21:24; Psalm 72:10–11; Psalm 68:31–32
- 12 Titus 2:4–6; Jeremiah 31:13; Matthew 21:15–16; Psalm 68:25; Psalm 8:2
- 13 Psalm 8:1; Psalm 113:4; Psalm 8:9; Isaiah 12:4; Psalm 99:3–4
- 14 Psalm 75:10; Ephesians 2:17; Deuteronomy 4:7; 1 Samuel 2:1; Psalm 112:9
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
David also expresses the same truth [when he says] "For He spake, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created." Whom, therefore, shall we believe as to the creation of the world--these heretics who have been mentioned that prate so foolishly and inconsistently on the subject, or the disciples of the Lord, and Moses, who was both a …
But when, "from the heavens," these praise Thee, praise Thee, our God, "in the heights," all Thy "angels," all Thy "hosts," "sun and moon," all ye stars and light, "the heavens of heavens," and the "waters that be above the heavens," praise Thy name. I did not now desire better things, because I was thinking of all; and with a …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For it is said, "young men and maidens, old men with younger ones." And again, speaking of the damsel who is attacked, it saith, "if the young woman cry out," meaning the virgin.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Nor shall the heaven of heavens declare this, nor the waters which are above the heavens.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
How could the Seraphim cry "Holy, Holy, Holy," were they not taught by the Spirit how often true religion requires them to lift their voice in this ascription of glory? Do "all His angels" and "all His hosts" praise God?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)