“Bless the Lord!
All you works
Of the Lord!
Sing praise to him!
Highly exalt him forever!
Bless the Lord!
You heavens!
Sing praise to him!
Highly exalt him forever!
Bless the Lord!
You angels of the Lord!
Sing praise to him!
Highly exalt him forever!
Bless the Lord!
All you waters
Above the heaven!
Sing praise to him!
Highly exalt him forever!
Bless the Lord!
All you powers
Of the Lord!
Sing praise to him!
Highly exalt him forever!”
Now the chant turns to a praise from all the works of the Lord. The heavens, the angels, the heavenly waters, and all the powers of the Lord are to bless the Lord. They were to sing praise to him and exalt him forever. The angels and the powers of the Lord were with him in heaven. The heavenly waters were somehow separated from the earthly waters in their cosmology.