< Psalms 148 >
1 Hallelujah. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the heights.
Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah from the heavens; praise him in the heights.
2 Praise ye Him, all His angels; praise ye Him, all His hosts.
Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts.
3 Praise ye Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all ye stars of light.
Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light.
4 Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.
5 Let them praise the name of the LORD; for He commanded, and they were created.
Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created:
6 He hath also established them for ever and ever; He hath made a decree which shall not be transgressed.
And he established them for ever and ever; he made [for them] a statute which shall not pass.
7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps;
Praise Jehovah from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps;
8 Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind fulfilling his word;
9 Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars;
Mountains and all hills, fruit-trees and all cedars;
10 Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl;
Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl;
11 Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth;
Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth;
12 Both young men and maidens, old men and children;
Both young men and maidens, old men with youths, —
13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and heaven.
Let them praise the name of Jehovah: for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above the earth and the heavens.
14 And He hath lifted up a horn for His people, a praise for all His saints, even for the children of Israel, a people near unto Him. Hallelujah.
And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, [even] of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Hallelujah!