Psalms 148
1 Praise Yahweh! Praise him, from up in heaven; praise him from way up in the sky!
| هَلِّلُويَا! سَبِّحُوا الرَّبَّ مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ. سَبِّحُوهُ فِي الأَعَالِي. | ١ |
2 All you angels who belong to him, praise him! All you who are in the armies of heaven, praise him!
| سَبِّحُوهُ يَا جَمِيعَ مَلائِكَتِهِ. سَبِّحُوهُ يَا جَمِيعَ أَجْنَادِهِ. | ٢ |
3 Sun and moon, [you also] praise him! You shining stars, you praise him!
| سَبِّحِيهِ يَا شَمْسُ وَيَا قَمَرُ. سَبِّحِيهِ يَا جَمِيعَ الكَوَاكِبِ المُشْرِقَةِ. | ٣ |
4 You highest heavens, praise him! And you waters that are high above the sky, praise him!
| سَبِّحِيهِ يَا سَمَاءَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَيَا أَيَّتُهَا السُّحُبُ الَّتِي فَوْقَ الجَلَدِ. | ٤ |
5 I want [all of] these to praise Yahweh [MTY] because by commanding [them to exist], he created them.
| لِتُسَبِّحْ هَذِهِ اسْمَ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهَا بِأَمْرِهِ خُلِقَتْ، | ٥ |
6 He determined the places where they should be [in the sky], and he commanded that they should be there forever. They cannot disobey that command!
| وَثَبَّتَهَا إِلَى الدَّهْرِ وَالأَبَدِ، وَاضِعاً لَهَا حَدّاً لَا تَتَجَاوَزُهُ. | ٦ |
7 And everything on the earth, praise Yahweh! You [huge] sea monsters and [everything else that is] deep [in the ocean],
| سَبِّحِي الرَّبَّ مِنْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ يَا وُحُوشَ الْبَحْرِ وَيَا كُلَّ اللُّجَجِ. | ٧ |
8 and fire and hail, and snow and frost, and strong winds that obey what he commands, [I tell] all of you to praise Yahweh!
| أَيَّتُهَا النَّارُ وَالْبَرَدُ، وَالثَّلْجُ والضَّبَابُ، الرِّيحُ الْعَاصِفَةُ الْمُنَفِّذَةُ لأَمْرِهِ، | ٨ |
9 Hills and mountains, fruit trees and cedar [trees],
| الْجِبَالُ وَالتِّلالُ جَمِيعاً، الأَشْجَارُ الْمُثْمِرَةُ وَالأَرْزُ كُلُّهُ، | ٩ |
10 all the wild animals and all [you] cattle, and the (reptiles/creatures that scurry across the ground), and [all] the birds, [I tell all of them to praise Yahweh]!
| الْحَيْوَانَاتُ الْبَرِّيَّةُ وَالْمَوَاشِي كُلُّهَا، الزَّوَاحِفُ وَالطُّيُورُ. | ١٠ |
11 You kings on this earth and all the people [that you rule], you princes and all [other] rulers,
| مُلُوكُ الأَرْضِ وَجَمِيعُ الشُّعُوبِ وَحُكَّامُ الأَرْضِ وَجَمِيعُ الرُّؤَسَاءِ، | ١١ |
12 you young men and young women, you old people and children, [everyone, praise Yahweh!]
| الْفِتْيَانُ وَالْفَتَيَاتُ وَالشُّيُوخُ وَالشُّبَّانُ، | ١٢ |
13 I want them [all] to praise Yahweh [MTY] because he is greater than anyone else. His glory is greater than [anything on] the earth or [in] heaven.
| لِيُسَبِّحُوا اسْمَ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّهُ وَحْدَهُ مُتَعَالٍ. مَجْدُهُ فَوْقَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتِ. | ١٣ |
14 He caused us, his people, to be strong in order that we, his people, we Israeli people (who are very precious to him/whom he loves very much), would praise him. So praise Yahweh!
| يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَ شَعْبِهِ إِكْرَاماً لِكُلِّ أَتْقِيَائِهِ، لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الشَّعْبِ الْمُقَرَّبِ إِلَيْهِ. هَلِّلُويَا. | ١٤ |
