Reading Prior to Viewing the Solar Eclipse

(א) הַ֥לְלוּיָ֨הּ הַֽלְל֣וּ אֶת־יְ֭הוָה מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֑יִם הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בַּמְּרוֹמִֽים׃

(ב) הַֽלְל֥וּהוּ כָל־מַלְאָכָ֑יו

הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ כָּל־צְבָאָֽיו׃

(ג) הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ שֶׁ֣מֶשׁ וְיָרֵ֑חַ

הַ֝לְל֗וּהוּ כָּל־כּ֥וֹכְבֵי אֽוֹר׃

(ד) הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ שְׁמֵ֣י הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם

וְ֝הַמַּ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר מֵעַ֬ל הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

(ה) יְֽ֭הַֽלְלוּ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה

כִּ֤י ה֭וּא צִוָּ֣ה וְנִבְרָֽאוּ׃

(ו) וַיַּעֲמִידֵ֣ם לָעַ֣ד לְעוֹלָ֑ם

חָק־נָ֝תַ֗ן וְלֹ֣א יַעֲבֽוֹר׃

(יג) יְהַלְל֤וּ ׀ אֶת־שֵׁ֬ם יְהוָ֗ה כִּֽי־נִשְׂגָּ֣ב שְׁמ֣וֹ לְבַדּ֑וֹ ה֝וֹד֗וֹ עַל־אֶ֥רֶץ וְשָׁמָֽיִם׃

(יד) וַיָּ֤רֶם קֶ֨רֶן ׀ לְעַמּ֡וֹ תְּהִלָּ֤ה לְֽכָל־חֲסִידָ֗יו לִבְנֵ֣י יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל עַֽם־קְרֹב֗וֹ הַֽלְלוּיָֽהּ׃

Adapted from Stephen Mitchell's A Book of Psalms

1) Praise God in the highest heavens; praise God beyond the stars.

2) Praise God, you angels burning with God's love.

3) Praise God in the depths of matter;

praise God in atomic space.

4) Praise God, you whirling electrons, you unimaginable quarks.

Praise God in lifeless galaxies; praise God from the pit of of black holes.

5) Let them all praise the Unnamable, for this is their source, their home.

6) God made them in all their beauty and the laws by which they exist.

13) Let's praise the Unnamable God, whose goodness is the breath of life,

14) who made us in the divine image,

the light that fills heaven and earth.