Psalmorum 113

1 Alleluia. Laudate pueri Dominum: laudate nomen Domini.

Halleluyah ·praise Yah·! Praise, you servants of Adonai, praise Adonai’s name.

2 Sit nomen Domini benedictum, ex hoc nunc, et usque in sæculum.

Blessed be Adonai’s name, from this time forward and forever more.

3 A solis ortu usque ad occasum, laudabile nomen Domini.

From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, Adonai’s name is to be praised.

4 Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, et super cælos gloria eius.

Adonai is high above all nations, his kavod ·weighty glory· above the heavens.

5 Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat,

Who is like Adonai, our God, who has his seat on high,

6 et humilia respicit in cælo et in terra?

Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?

7 Suscitans a terra inopem, et de stercore erigens pauperem:

He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;

8 Ut collocet eum cum principibus, cum principibus populi sui.

that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

9 Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo, matrem filiorum lætantem.

He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Halleluyah ·praise Yah·!