Psalmorum 148
1 Alleluia. Laudate Dominum de cælis: laudate eum in excelsis.
Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places.
2 Laudate eum omnes angeli eius: laudate eum omnes virtutes eius.
Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.
3 Laudate eum sol et luna: laudate eum omnes stellæ, et lumen.
Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
4 Laudate eum cæli cælorum: et aquæ omnes, quæ super cælos sunt,
Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.
5 laudent nomen Domini. Quia ipse dixit, et facta sunt: ipse mandavit, et creata sunt.
Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.
6 Statuit ea in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi: præceptum posuit, et non præteribit.
He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
7 Laudate Dominum de terra, dracones, et omnes abyssi.
Praise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths,
8 Ignis, grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellarum: quæ faciunt verbum eius:
lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
9 Montes, et omnes colles: ligna fructifera, et omnes cedri.
mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
10 Bestiæ, et universa pecora: serpentes, et volucres pennatæ:
wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,
11 Reges terræ, et omnes populi: principes, et omnes iudices terræ.
kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth,
12 Iuvenes, et virgines: senes cum iunioribus laudent nomen Domini:
young men and maidens, old and young together.
13 quia exaltatum est nomen eius solius.
Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
14 Confessio eius super cælum, et terram: et exaltavit cornu populi sui. Hymnus omnibus sanctis eius: filiis Israel, populo appropinquanti sibi. Alleluia.
He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!
