Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord (South African version)

It's getting on for a week late, but I've just come across the service sheet from the World Day of Prayer service at which I accompanied the hymns. Among the choir, some of us find it very difficult to keep a straight face during some of the psalms, the words of which can sometimes be difficult to take entirely seriously, but this took the biscuit. (Thankfully there was no-one else from the choir there, otherwise I would have creased up with laughter.)

All you big things, praise the Lord: Drakensberg and Table Mountain, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, yellow-wood, oak and baobab trees, praise the Lord and bless His name.
All you tiny things, praise the Lord: busy red ants and lurking ticks, wriggling tadpoles and pestering mosquitoes, praise the Lord and bless His name.
All you sharp things, praise the Lord: cactus thorns and prickly pears, aloe leaves and high-heeled shoes, praise the Lord and bless His name.
All you soft things, praise the Lord: golden ripe mangoes, sponges and moss, babies' skin, cuddly toys and porridge, praise the Lord and bless His name.
All you sweet things, praise the Lord: apples, peaches and blueberry jam, young people's dreams and old people's good wishes, praise the Lord and bless His name.
All you swift things, praise the Lord: lightning and swallows flit through the sky, traffic on highways and speeding ambulances, praise the Lord and bless His name.
All you slow things, praise the Lord: huge big elephants and bony old cows, tortoises, snails and patients on crutches, praise the Lord and bless His name.
All you loud things, praise the Lord: thunder, midnight drums and taxis, hail and rain on aluminium roofs, praise the Lord and bless His name.
All you quiet things, praise the Lord: a gentle breeze in the midday heat, sleeping babies and fish in the sea, women who care and suffer and weep, praise the Lord and bless His name.
All you spiritual things, praise the Lord: uplifting music and singing psalms, Bible studies and gospel praise, preaching the Word and receiving God's gifts, praise the Lord and bless His name.
All you created things, praise the Lord: our planet Earth and its orbiting moon, our galaxy with its systems of suns, all the universe, both known and unknown, praise the Lord and bless His name.

Now a good deal of that is worthy stuff, if unexpected at times, but "huge big elephants and bony old cows"? Try saying that one, in the middle of a service, with a straight face ...