Psalms 148

1 Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the highest.

Alleluia. Praise the Lord from the heavens. Praise him on the heights.

2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.

Praise him, all his Angels. Praise him, all his hosts.

3 Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars and light.

Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all stars and light.

4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and the water that is above the heavens.

Praise him, heavens of the heavens. And let all the waters that are above the heavens

5 Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.

praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.

6 He has established them for ever, even for ever and ever: he has made an ordinance, and it shall not pass away.

He has stationed them in eternity, and for age after age. He has established a precept, and it will not pass away.

7 Praise the Lord from the earth, ye serpents, and all deeps.

Praise the Lord from the earth: you dragons and all deep places,

8 Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind; the things that perform his word.

fire, hail, snow, ice, windstorms, which do his word,

9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:

mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars,

10 wild beasts, and all cattle; reptiles, and winged birds:

wild beasts and all cattle, serpents and feathered flying things,

11 kings of the earth, and all peoples; princes, and all judges of the earth:

kings of the earth and all peoples, leaders and all judges of the earth,

12 young men and virgins, old men with youths:

young men and virgins. Let the older men with the younger men, praise the name of the Lord.

13 let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name only is exalted; his praise is above the earth and heaven,

For his name alone is exalted.

14 and he shall exalt the horn of his people, [there is] a hymn for all his saints, [even] of the children of Israel, a people who draw near to him.

Confession of him is beyond heaven and earth, and he has exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his holy ones, to the sons of Israel, to a people close to him. Alleluia.