<p class="poetry">For as the skies are high above the earth,p> <p class="poetry">so his loyal love towers<n id="1" /> over his faithful followers.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For your loyal love extends beyond the sky,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.p>

<p class="poetry">Rise up<n id="1" /> above the sky, O God!p> <p class="poetry">May your splendor cover the whole earth!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He does whatever he pleasesp> <p class="poetry">in heaven and on earth,p> <p class="poetry">in the seas and all the ocean depths.p>

<p class="poetry">the one who made heaven and earth,p> <p class="poetry">the sea, and all that is in them,p> <p class="poetry">who remains forever faithful,<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He covers<n id="1" /> the sky with clouds,p> <p class="poetry">provides the earth with rain,p> <p class="poetry">and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Praise the <sc>Lordsc> from the sky!p> <p class="poetry">Praise him in the heavens!p>

<p class="poetry">Let them praise the name of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">for his name alone is exalted;p> <p class="poetry">his majesty extends over the earth and sky.p>

<p class="poetry">When he established the heavens, I was there;p> <p class="poetry">when he marked out the horizon<n id="1" /> over the face of the deep,p>

<p class="poetry">They come from a distant land,p> <p class="poetry">from the horizon.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">It is the <sc>Lordsc> with his instruments of judgment,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">coming to destroy the whole earth.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look how you have fallen from the sky,p> <p class="poetry">O shining one, son of the dawn!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You have been cut down to the ground,p> <p class="poetry">O conqueror<n id="2" /> of the nations!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">He says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Look, it now descends on Edom,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">on the people I will annihilate in judgment.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">He is the one who sits on the earth&#8217;s horizon;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and spreads it out<n id="4" /> like a pitched tent.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yes, my hand founded the earth;p> <p class="poetry">my right hand spread out the sky.p> <p class="poetry">I summon them;p> <p class="poetry">they stand together.p>

<p class="poetry">for just as the sky<n id="1" /> is higher than the earth,p> <p class="poetry">so my deeds<n id="2" /> are superior to<n id="3" /> your deedsp> <p class="poetry">and my plans<n id="4" /> superior to your plans.p>

<p class="poetry">Be amazed at this, O heavens!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I looked at the land and saw<n id="1" /> that it was an empty wasteland.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.p>

Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat.<n id="1" /> There will not be any survivors to scare them away.

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> is the one who<n id="1" /> by his power made the earth.p> <p class="poetry">He is the one who by his wisdom established the world.p> <p class="poetry">And by his understanding he spread out the skies.p>

<p class="poetry">He is the one who<n id="1" /> by his power made the earth.p> <p class="poetry">He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place,p> <p class="poetry">by his understanding he spread out the heavens.p>