Psalm 148 (Laudate Dominum)

Inhabitants of heav'nly land
As loving subjectes praise your king:
You that among them highest stand,
In highest notes Jehova sing.
Sing angells all, on carefull wing,
You that his heralds fly,
And you whom he doth soldiers bring
In field his force to try.

O praise him sunne, the sea of light,
O praise him Moone, the light of sea:
You pretie stairs in robe of night,
As spangles twinckling do as they.
Thou spheare within whose bosom play,
The rest that earth emball:
You waters banck'd with starry bay,
O praise, O praise him all.

All these I say advaunce that name,
That doth eternall being show:
Who bidding, into forme and frame,
Not being yet, they all did grow.
All formed, framed, founded so,
Till ages uttmost date,
They place retaine, they order know,
They keepe their first estate.

When heav'n hath prais'd, praise earth anew:
You dragons first, her deepest guests,
Then soundlesse deepes, and what in you
Residing low, or moves, or rests.
You flames affrighting mortall brests,
You cloudes that stones do cast,
You feathery snowes from wynters nests,
You vapors, sunnes appast.

You boisterous windes, whose breath fulfills
What in his word, his will setts down:
Ambitious mountaines, curteous hills,
You trees that hills and mountaines crown:
Both you that proud of native gown
Stand fresh and tall to see:
And you that have your more renown,
By what you beare, then be.

You beasts in woodes untam'd that range,
You that with men familier go,
You that your place by creeping change
Or airy streames with feathers row.
You stately kings, you subjects low,
You lordes and judges all:
You others whose distinctions show
How sex or age may fall.

All these I say, advaunce that name
More hygh then skies, more low then ground
And since advaunced by the same
You Jacobs sonnes stand cheefly bound:
You Jacobs sonnes be cheefe to sound
Your God Jehovas praise:
So fitts them well on whom is found,
Such blisse he on you hues.