Bless Ye the Lord: Praise Song of the Three Holy Children

Here is the song of three children who are calling upon all of creation—the angels, heavenly bodies, seasons, waters, hills, plants, animals, birds, and men—to exalt and glorify the Lord. “Bless ye the Lord; praise Him, and magnify Him forever . . .” Their lyrical song of praise and gratitude—reminiscent of St. Francis of Assisi's “Canticle of the Sun”—appears in the Book of Daniel in the oldest versions of the Christian Bible, and in the Apocrypha of later editions. Their Hebrew names were...