³ Praise him, sun^(A) and moon;
    praise him, all you shining stars.

⁶ and he established them for ever and ever—
    he issued a decree^(A) that will never pass away.

³⁶ “Only if these decrees^(A) vanish from my sight,”
    declares the Lord,
“will Israel^(B) ever cease
    being a nation before me.”