The actual, original, first printing of the 1611 King James Version (‘HE’ Bible) — Psalms Chapter 148.

CHAP. CXLVIII.

1 The Psalmist exhorteth the celestiall, 7 The terrestriall, 11 And the rationall creatures to praise God.

¹ Praise yee the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heauens: praise him in the heights.¹

² Praise yee him all his Angels: praise ye him all his hosts.

³ Praise ye him Sunne and Moone: praise him all ye starres of light.

⁴ Praise him ye heauens of heauens: and ye waters that be aboue the heauens.

⁵ Let them praise the Name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.

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⁶ Hee hath also stablished them for euer and euer: he hath made a decree which shall not passe.

⁷ Praise the Lord from the earth: ye dragons and all deepes.

⁸ Fire and haile, snow and vapour: stormie wind fulfilling his word.

⁹ Mountaines and all hilles: fruitfull trees, and all cedars.

¹⁰ Beastes and all cattell: creeping things, and flying foule.¹⁰

¹¹ Kings of the earth, and all people: Princes, and all Iudges of the earth.

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¹² Both young men and maidens: olde men and children.

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¹³ Let them praise the Name of the Lord, for his Name alone is excellent: his glory is aboue the earth and heauen.¹³

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¹⁴ Hee also exalteth the horne of his people, the praise of all his Saints; euen of the children of Israel, a people neere vnto him. Praise ye the Lord.

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