Psalms 148

1 Alleluya. Ye of heuenes, herie the Lord; herie ye hym in hiye thingis.

Hallelujah! Praise Jehovah from the heavens; praise him in the heights.

2 Alle hise aungels, herie ye hym; alle hise vertues, herye ye hym.

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

3 Sunne and moone, herie ye hym; alle sterris and liyt, herie ye hym.

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

4 Heuenes of heuenes, herie ye hym; and the watris that ben aboue heuenes,

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.

5 herie ye the name of the Lord.

Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for he it is that commanded, and they were created:

6 For he seide, and thingis weren maad; he comaundide, and thingis weren maad of nouyt. He ordeynede tho thingis in to the world, and in to the world of world; he settide a comaundement, and it schal not passe.

And he established them for ever and ever; he made [for them] a statute which shall not pass.

7 Ye of erthe, herie ye the Lord; dragouns, and alle depthis of watris.

Praise Jehovah from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps;

8 Fier, hail, snow, iys, spiritis of tempestis; that don his word.

Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind fulfilling his word;

9 Mounteyns, and alle litle hillis; trees berynge fruyt, and alle cedris.

Mountains and all hills, fruit-trees and all cedars;

10 Wielde beestis, and alle tame beestis; serpentis, and fetherid briddis.

Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl;

11 The kingis of erthe, and alle puplis; the princis, and alle iugis of erthe.

Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth;

12 Yonge men, and virgyns, elde men with yongere, herie ye the name of the Lord;

Both young men and maidens, old men with youths, —

13 for the name of hym aloone is enhaunsid.

Let them praise the name of Jehovah: for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above the earth and the heavens.

14 His knouleching be on heuene and erthe; and he hath enhaunsid the horn of his puple. An ympne be to alle hise seyntis; to the children of Israel, to a puple neiyynge to hym.

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!