Trying my hand at Psalm writing

¹Praise the LORD,

   Maker of the Universe, defender of his creations.

²Praise the LORD, who created

   the birds, the mice, the moss, the flowers;

who created the oceans, the mountains, the tigers, the elephants.

³Praise the LORD,

   whose power and whose creations are never ending.

   ⁴The birds of the sky have none of the same feathers.

   The fish of the seas have none of the same scales.

   ⁵No two striped, spotted, splotched or patterned beasts are the same.

   No two men are alike, from

fingerprints to eyelashes, they are different.

   ⁶Each creation on this earth has a place, has a purpose,

            has a father.

⁷Praise the LORD, O the Earth.

Praise the LORD.

   ⁸You brought each creature into this world.

   You provide each hair, feather, and scale.

   ⁹You feed all living things with air, minerals, water, plants, and meat.

   You give everything life.

¹⁰You know each bird of paradise by name.

   You recognize each mountain as your own.

¹¹You know when the platypus and the echidna lay their eggs

            and give their milk.

   You cool the desert creatures by night,

            and enlighten them by day.

¹²You buoy the sea otters as they eat.

   You hold up the sequoias and the redwoods,

            like your cedars of Lebanon.

¹³You give the laughter to the streams and the hyenas.

¹⁴You hold the koalas as they slumber, and you hold the

            colugos and squirrels as they fly.

¹⁵You are the reason the wolves howl and the auroras dance.

¹⁶Praise the LORD, O the Earth!

Praise the LORD of life!