Old Testament
Psalm 66:1-2
Shout joyfully to God, all the earth; sing the glory of
his name; make his praise glorious.
Psalm 96:1
Sing to the Lord a new song, sing to the Lord, all the
earth.
Psalm 148:7,10-13
Praise the Lord from the earth, ye serpents, and all deeps. ...wild beasts, and all cattle; reptiles, and winged birds; kings of the earth and all peoples... let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name only is exalted, his praise is above the earth and heaven...
Psalm 150:6
Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.
Job 12:7-10 (The Living Bible)
Who doesn't know that the Lord does things like that?
Ask the dumbest beast - he knows that it is so; ask
the birds - they will tell you; or let the earth teach
you, or the fish of the sea. For the soul of every
living thing is in the hand of God, and the breath of
all mankind.
New Testament
Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world His invisible
attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the
things that are made, even His eternal power and
Godhead.
Philippians 2:10-11
...at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of
things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under
the earth; and that every tongue should confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.
The Heavenly Liturgy from the Book of Revelations -
Verses 5:6-14
(I added to the text in #6 the explanations from the
Orthodox Study Bible)
6. And I looked and behold, in the midst of the throne
(God) and of the four living creatures (cosmos) and in
the midst of the elders (of the old and the new
covenant - 12 sons of Jacob and 12 apostles), stood a
Lamb (Christ) as though it had been slain, having seven
horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of
God sent out unto all the earth.
7. Then He came and took the scroll out of the right
hand of Him who sat on the throne.
8. Now when he had taken the scroll, the four living
creatures and the twenty four elders fell down before
the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of
incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
9. And they sang a new song, saying:
"You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And have redeemed us to God by your blood
out of every tribe and tongue and people and
nation,
10. And have made us kings and priests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth."
11. Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels
around the throne, the living creatures, and the
elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times
ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,
12. saying with a loud voice:
"Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
To receive power and riches and wisdom,
And strength and honor and glory and blessing!"
13. And every creature which is in heaven and on the
earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea,
and all that are in them, I heard saying:
"Blessing and honor and glory and power
be to Him who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb, forever and ever!
14. Then the four living creatures said "Amen!" And
the twenty four elders fell down and worshipped Him who
lives forever and ever.
Orthodox Study Bible notes:
I. The four living creatures are angelic beings
simiiar to those of Ezekial (Ez. 1:5,21) and Isaiah
(Is. 6:2). Their number is representative of the whole
world, the cosmos; thus the living creatures portray
creation - beasts, men and angels - as the Kingdom of
God.
II. Three doxologies are sung by successively greater
choruses.
1. The elders with the most eminent angels sing a new
song, more perfect than any hymn before to the Lamb
(Christ), for He has inaugurated the new age (12:1,5,
Is. 42:9).
2. The Church joined by the holy angels - much as the
priests are followed by the choir and then by the
entire Church - sends up to the Lamb a fullness of
divine ascriptions in a sevenfold doxology (v.12).
3. All creation, the whole cosmos, joins in a hymn of
glory addressed to the Father and to the Son. (1)
Orthodox Prayer for & with our Fellow Creatures
pg.1 - Prayer with the Animals
Speak a word to me, Father.