1. Praise the Lord!Praise the name of the Lord.Praise him, you servants of the Lord.
2. Praise him, you who stand in the Lord’s Templeand in the Temple courtyards.
3. Praise the Lord, because he is good.Sing praises to him, because it is pleasant.
4. The Lord has chosen the people of Jacob for himself.He has chosen the people of Israel for his very own.
5. I know that the Lord is great.Our Lord is greater than all the gods.
6. The Lord does what he wants,in heaven and on earth,in the seas and the deep oceans.
7. He brings the clouds from the ends of the earth.He sends the lightning with the rain.He brings out the wind from his storehouses.
8. He destroyed the firstborn sons in Egypt,the firstborn of both men and animals.