Psalms 148

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

Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights.

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

Praise him, all his angels; praise 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 stars of light.

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

Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens.

5 herie ye the name of the Lord.

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were made.

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 fixed them for ever and ever by a law which they dare not transgress.

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

Praise the Lord from the earth: you depths, with your monsters, all.

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

Fire, hail, snow and ice, and stormy wind doing his word.

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

All you mountains and hills, all you fruit trees and cedars,

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

all you wild beasts and tame, creeping things, birds on the wing.

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

All you kings and nations of earth; all you princes and judges of earth:

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

young men and maidens together, old men and children together.

13 for the name of hym aloone is enhaunsid.

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted. Over heaven and earth is his glory.

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.

He has lifted his people to honour. Wherefore this chorus of praise from his saints, from Israel, the people who stand in his fellowship. Hallelujah.