May the Lord hear thee in the day of tribulation: may the name of the God of Jacob protect thee.
The living, the living, he shall give praise to thee, as I do this day: the father shall make thy truth known to the children.
All the days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, shall not cease.
Young men and maidens: let the old with the younger, praise the name of the Lord:
And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And God made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament. And it was so.
For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.
Alleluia. Praise ye the Lord in his holy places: praise ye him in the firmament of his power.