Ψαλμοί 148

1 αλληλουια Αγγαιου καὶ Ζαχαριου αἰνεῖτε τὸν κύριον ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ὑψίστοις

Praise ye Yah, Praise Yahweh, out of the heavens, Praise him, in the heights;

2 αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν πάντες οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτοῦ αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις αὐτοῦ

Praise him, all his messengers, Praise him, all his host;

3 αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν ἥλιος καὶ σελήνη αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν πάντα τὰ ἄστρα καὶ τὸ φῶς

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

4 αἰνεῖτε αὐτόν οἱ οὐρανοὶ τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑπεράνω τῶν οὐρανῶν

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

5 αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου ὅτι αὐτὸς εἶπεν καὶ ἐγενήθησαν αὐτὸς ἐνετείλατο καὶ ἐκτίσθησαν

Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, for, he, commanded, and they were created;

6 ἔστησεν αὐτὰ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος πρόσταγμα ἔθετο καὶ οὐ παρελεύσεται

So caused he them to stand perpetually—age-abidingly, A decree, hath he given, and it passeth not beyond.

7 αἰνεῖτε τὸν κύριον ἐκ τῆς γῆς δράκοντες καὶ πᾶσαι ἄβυσσοι

Praise Yahweh, out of the earth, sea monsters, and all resounding deeps;

8 πῦρ χάλαζα χιών κρύσταλλος πνεῦμα καταιγίδος τὰ ποιοῦντα τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ

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

9 τὰ ὄρη καὶ πάντες οἱ βουνοί ξύλα καρποφόρα καὶ πᾶσαι κέδροι

Ye mountains, and all hills, fruit trees, and all cedars;

10 τὰ θηρία καὶ πάντα τὰ κτήνη ἑρπετὰ καὶ πετεινὰ πτερωτά

Thou wild-beast, and all ye cattle, crawling creature, and bird of wing;

11 βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς καὶ πάντες λαοί ἄρχοντες καὶ πάντες κριταὶ γῆς

Kings of earth, and all peoples, Rulers, and all judges of earth;

12 νεανίσκοι καὶ παρθένοι πρεσβῦται μετὰ νεωτέρων

Young men, yea even virgins, elders, and children.

13 αἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου ὅτι ὑψώθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μόνου ἡ ἐξομολόγησις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ οὐρανοῦ

Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, for lofty is his Name alone, His splendour is over earth and heavens.

14 καὶ ὑψώσει κέρας λαοῦ αὐτοῦ ὕμνος πᾶσι τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ τοῖς υἱοῖς Ισραηλ λαῷ ἐγγίζοντι αὐτῷ

Therefore hath he exalted a horn for his people, a praise for all his men of lovingkindness, for the sons of Israel—a people near him, Praise ye Yah!