¹ Praise ye Jehovah. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power.

² Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, And bless ye Jehovah.

³ And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

¹ Praise ye Jehovah. Sing unto Jehovah a new song, And his praise in the assembly of the saints.

¹⁹ For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;

⁹ The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory.

¹ Then I looked, and behold, in the firmament that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

²² And over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, like the terrible crystal to look upon, stretched forth over their heads above.

²³ And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.

²⁴ And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings.

²⁵ And there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

²⁶ And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above.

¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto Jehovah.

²⁰ This is the gate of Jehovah; The righteous shall enter into it.

¹⁸ I will pay my vows unto Jehovah, Yea, in the presence of all his people,

¹⁹ In the courts of Jehovah's house, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.

¹³ I will come into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my vows,

¹⁴ Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress.

¹⁵ I will offer unto thee burnt-offerings of fatlings, With the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah

¹⁶ Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

¹ The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.

⁶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

⁷ And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

⁸ And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.