Psalms 148

1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heauen: prayse ye him in the high places.

Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise ye him in the high places.

2 Prayse ye him, all ye his Angels: praise him, all his armie.

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

3 Prayse ye him, sunne and moone: prayse ye him all bright starres.

Praise ye him, O sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and light.

4 Prayse ye him, heauens of heauens, and waters, that be aboue the heauens.

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: and let all the waters that are above the heavens

5 Let them prayse the Name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.

Praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they were made: he commanded, and they were created.

6 And he hath established them for euer and euer: he hath made an ordinance, which shall not passe.

He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away.

7 Prayse ye the Lord from the earth, ye dragons and all depths:

Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all ye deeps:

8 Fire and hayle, snowe and vapours, stormie winde, which execute his worde:

Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds which fulfill his word:

9 Mountaines and all hils, fruitfull trees and all ceders:

Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars:

10 Beasts and all cattell, creeping things and fethered foules:

Beasts and all cattle: serpents and feathered fowls:

11 Kings of the earth and all people, princes and all iudges of the worlde:

Kings of the earth and all people: princes and all judges of the earth:

12 Yong men and maidens, also olde men and children:

Young men and maidens: let the old with the younger, praise the name of the Lord:

13 Let them prayse the Name of the Lord: for his Name onely is to be exalted, and his prayse aboue the earth and the heauens.

For his name alone is exalted.

14 For he hath exalted the horne of his people, which is a prayse for all his Saintes, euen for the children of Israel, a people that is neere vnto him. Prayse ye the Lord.

The praise of him is above heaven and earth: and he hath exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his saints: to the children of Israel, a people approaching to him. Alleluia.