Psalmorum 148
1 Alleluia. Laudate Dominum de cælis: laudate eum in excelsis.
Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise ye him in the high places.
2 Laudate eum omnes angeli eius: laudate eum omnes virtutes eius.
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
3 Laudate eum sol et luna: laudate eum omnes stellæ, et lumen.
Praise ye him, O sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and light.
4 Laudate eum cæli cælorum: et aquæ omnes, quæ super cælos sunt,
Praise him, ye heavens of heavens: and let all the waters that are above the heavens
5 laudent nomen Domini. Quia ipse dixit, et facta sunt: ipse mandavit, et creata sunt.
Praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they were made: he commanded, and they were created.
6 Statuit ea in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi: præceptum posuit, et non præteribit.
He hath established them for ever, and for ages of ages: he hath made a decree, and it shall not pass away.
7 Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones, et omnes abyssi.
Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all ye deeps:
8 Ignis, grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellarum: quæ faciunt verbum eius:
Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds which fulfill his word:
9 Montes, et omnes colles: ligna fructifera, et omnes cedri.
Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars:
10 Bestiæ, et universa pecora: serpentes, et volucres pennatæ:
Beasts and all cattle: serpents and feathered fowls:
11 Reges terræ, et omnes populi: principes, et omnes iudices terræ.
Kings of the earth and all people: princes and all judges of the earth:
12 Iuvenes, et virgines: senes cum iunioribus laudent nomen Domini:
Young men and maidens: let the old with the younger, praise the name of the Lord:
13 quia exaltatum est nomen eius solius.
For his name alone is exalted.
14 Confessio eius super cælum, et terram: et exaltavit cornu populi sui. Hymnus omnibus sanctis eius: filiis Israel, populo appropinquanti sibi. Alleluia.
The praise of him is above heaven and earth: and he hath exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his saints: to the children of Israel, a people approaching to him. Alleluia.
